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2 unusual facts about Northern cricket frog


Glenmere mansion

In 2008, the restoration project was temporarily halted over concern for the endangered Northern cricket frog.

Northern cricket frog

The largest remaining population of northern cricket frogs in New York survives at Orange County's Glenmere Lake/Black Meadow habitat.


Jay Westerveld

Jay Westerveld (also spelled Westervelt and Westerveldt) is a researcher of habitats associated with endangered species including the Clam shrimp, Bog turtle, and the Northern Cricket frog.


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Moodna Creek

The Northern Cricket Frog, NY's only endangered frog species, occurs in its most numerous population along the Black Meadow creek, in the Orange-County-owned Glenmere Lake reservoir lands.