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Watershed conservation!
    February 2, 2008!
Teatown Lake Reservation!
 Board of Trustees retreat!




                              PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
Leo A. W. Wiegman!
About this slide show
                                       Etothefourth.com!
                                                             Environmental communications!
                                                             Croton-on-Hudson, NY!
Slide Show on Croton River Gorge for Teatown Board of Trustees, February 2, 2008

The slide show is a visual tour of the Croton River Gorge and its watershed from the dam upriver in winter to the estuary at the
Hudson River down river in summer.

Teatown Lake Reservation < www.teatown.org > is the largest nonprofit nature preserve an environmental education center
in Westchester County. Teatown Lake Reservation is embarking on an ambitious outreach to become an environmental and
educational resource for the five county Hudson Hills to Highlands region. 

Under executive director, Fred Koontz, Ph.D., Teatown has secured funding for a multi-year program, “Environmental Leaders
Learning Alliance,” (ELLA) to train local conservation councils and environmental boards in the 39 towns and villages of the 900
square miles of the mid Hudson area. Teatown’s ELLA program will hold its kickoff meeting in mid-2008. 

Simultaneously and separately, Westchester County and several communities, led by Croton-on-Hudson near Teatown, are
launching an effort to save the Croton River Gorge and its watershed that drains into the Croton Bay estuary. The estuary is a
federally designated essential fish and wildlife habitat on the Hudson River. The resulting study sets forth a specific Action Plan
of policy recommendations for each of the five municipalities in the watershed to consider. Find the quot;Indian Brook-Croton
Gorge Action Planquot; at < www.westchestergov.com/planning/environmental/>.

Sometimes, it is best to let the pictures tell the story.

# # #
Use of images from this slide show in any other format requires permission: contact wired@etothefourth.com

To cite this slide show, please use: Wiegman, L (2008) Slide Show on Croton River Gorge for Teatown Board of Trustees,
February 2, 2008 Etothefourth.com
Can you locate these
Croton River gems?




     MAPS: USGS (1943) http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/
TEATOWN!




                                                     PHOTO:GOOGLE; (C) 2008 NASA


The Hudson Highlands surround the Hudson River, a remarkable waterbody,
         that may be the most studied river system in the world. !
TEXT!




Thousands of residents who live, work, and play in Croton River Gorge share its
                 3.5 miles and 3,000 acres with bald eagles.!
                                                                          PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
Activism by Croton
                                              residents in the 1970s
                                              (Bob Boyle, Joel
                                              Gingold, Ed
                                              Rondthaler, Dan
                                              Salzburg, etc) led to
                                              adequate water flow
                                              year round in the
                                              river. !




 The New Cornell Dam as its bridge was under repair and water was being
drawn from the depths of the reservoir (chutes on the right), as well as from
      flow over the gorgeous, stone step spillway on the left (2005).!
                                                                          PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
Croton Gorge Dam Park bridge is under renovation in 2007-8. !


                                                                PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
Each spring, the DEC stocks the Croton River with 1,200 rainbow & brown trout.
             Striped bass and shad arrive from the ocean to breed. !
                                                                         PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
Croton-on-Hudson’s well-fields are located in an aquifer 100 feet below this
          section of the river under a bed of glacial till and clay. !
                                                                         PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
The low head dam at Black Rock Park is a favorite for anglers year round. !


                                                                        PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
Halfway to the Hudson, the upstream tip of
 Firemen’s Island splits the Croton River, as it
 falls down to its tide-influenced lower section. !


The Croton River was the site of 2007 STream water quality monitoring: !
                          it has a “B” rating.!
                                                                     PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
Daily tides push no higher upstream than lower end of Firemen’s Island, !
                        a popular Paddler’s spot.!
                                                                      PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
The “Lower” Croton River is influenced by the tides up to Firemen’s Island,!
                   1.5 miles inland from the Hudson.!
                                                                         PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
In the 100 acre Croton Bay we find shad and striped bass in spring, and !
     largemouth bass, brown bullhead, carp and panfish in summer.!
                                                                       PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
“Cork in the
  Bottle” or!
“Drain in the
    Tub”!



                                          Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]


The Croton Gorge is the “ Cork in the Bottle” For Croton watershed !
                   in the Hudson Highlands.!
Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]


      The 5 municipalities of the Watershed: !
Cortlandt, Croton, New Castle, and both Ossinings.!
Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]

Land uses in the Croton Gorge-Indian Brook Watershed.!
Teatown drains to the
 Croton River via the
    Indian Brook
Reservoir headwater.!




                                          Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]


          The watershed’s Croton River has 5 tributaries.!
          Indian Brook is the largest & most important.!
Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]


 *Indian Brook is Ossining’s water supply. !
**Croton Gorge surrounds Croton’s well-fields.!
One-third of the
watershed contains
    steep slopes,
especially sensitive
     to erosion.!



                                            Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]


           Steep Slopes (dark Red here) dominate the gorge.!
Wildlife corridors
in the watershed


 Croton Bay is the
  dining room &!
  the Hudson and
Croton rivers are the
 chefs that fill it. !

                                               Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]



 WIldlife Corridors also tie Teatown to the Croton/Indian brook watersheds.!
64 BIRD SPECIES breed in
                                         the Croton Gorge & Indian
                                              Brook watershed.!
American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, Baltimore
oriole, Barn swallow, Black-and-white warbler, Black-capped chickadee, Black-
throated green warbler, Blue jay, Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Blue-winged warbler, Brown-
headed cowbird, Canada goose, Canada warbler, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing,
Chipping sparrow, Common grackle, Common yellowthroat, Downy woodpecker,
Eastern bluebird, Eastern kingbird, Eastern phoebe, Eastern towhee, Eastern wood-
pewee, Field sparrow, Gray catbird, Great crested flycatcher, Hairy woodpecker, House
finch, House wren, Indigo bunting, Kentucky warbler, Louisiana waterthrush, Mallard,
Mourning dove, Northern cardinal, Northern flicker, Northern mockingbird, Northern
rough-winged sparrow, Northern waterthrush, Ovenbird, Pileated woodpecker, Prairie
warbler, Red-bellied woodpecker, Red-eyed vireo, Red-tailed hawk, Red-winged
blackbird, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Scarlet tanager, Song sparrow, Swamp sparrow,
Tree swallow, Tufted titmouse, Veery, Warbling vireo, White-breasted nuthatch, Wild
turkey, Wood duck, Wood thrush, Worm-eating warbler, Yellow warbler, Yellow-billed
cuckoo                                                 Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]

                                                                                             PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
Crazy Quilt
                                                  Example




In 2006 - 2007, erosion, denuded slopes, garbage, overcrowding,!
     parked cars & a drowning converge. Who is in charge? !

                                      Map Source: Village of Croton-on-Hudson NY 2006
By Fall 2006, Charlie
 Kane & Croton River
Compact Committee had
    begun to raise
      awareness. !




                         Source: Journal News 2006
In the summer, 200-300 visitors may be using the pools between Firemen’s &
          Paradise Island on the Croton River at any given hour.!
                                                                      PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
➡ The Action Plan calls
  for stronger protections
  in all 5 surrounding
  communities.!

➡ Implementation is next.!
➡ Teatown can help.!
                             Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
The Action Plan details!
➡ Existing Conditions for each
municipality!
➡ Recommendations for each
municipality!
➡ Intermunicipal Agreements
everyone signs!
Teatown can help educate and bring
everyone together.!


                                Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
➡ 1. Protect natural resources, wetlands, and
  groundwater drinking sources.!
➡ 2. Manage stormwater to improve water quality.!
➡ 3. Develop sustainable land use and
  environmental regulations.!
➡ 4. Preserve fish, and wildlife habitat.!
➡ 5. Educate the Public.!


                                  Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
#1. Conduct Streamwalks in the Croton Gorge Basin.!
#5. Restore Degraded Wetlands.!
#10. Maintain/Restore Forested Stream Buffers.!
#26. Design Croton Aquifer & Indian Brook Overlay
Zone.!
#29. Protect Open Space. !


Red= Teatown is doing this already!
                                      Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
#30. Adopt new Environmental Ordinances.!
#31. Prepare a Biodiversity Plan for the Watershed.!
#32. Investigate Croton River Flow Fluctuations.!
#34. Develop Community Resource Mgt. Programs.!
#33. Require Board/Committee Member Stormwater
Training.!

Red= Teatown is doing this already!!

                                       Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
SOURCES




 TEXT!




   Credits: Photo of solar powered remote sensing device (above): www.thebeaconinstitute.org
                              Map of Hudson River (left) : hudsonriverestuary.pbwiki.com 2007

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Croton Gorge Slide33slides

  • 1. Watershed conservation! February 2, 2008! Teatown Lake Reservation! Board of Trustees retreat! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 2. Leo A. W. Wiegman! About this slide show Etothefourth.com! Environmental communications! Croton-on-Hudson, NY! Slide Show on Croton River Gorge for Teatown Board of Trustees, February 2, 2008 The slide show is a visual tour of the Croton River Gorge and its watershed from the dam upriver in winter to the estuary at the Hudson River down river in summer. Teatown Lake Reservation < www.teatown.org > is the largest nonprofit nature preserve an environmental education center in Westchester County. Teatown Lake Reservation is embarking on an ambitious outreach to become an environmental and educational resource for the five county Hudson Hills to Highlands region. Under executive director, Fred Koontz, Ph.D., Teatown has secured funding for a multi-year program, “Environmental Leaders Learning Alliance,” (ELLA) to train local conservation councils and environmental boards in the 39 towns and villages of the 900 square miles of the mid Hudson area. Teatown’s ELLA program will hold its kickoff meeting in mid-2008. Simultaneously and separately, Westchester County and several communities, led by Croton-on-Hudson near Teatown, are launching an effort to save the Croton River Gorge and its watershed that drains into the Croton Bay estuary. The estuary is a federally designated essential fish and wildlife habitat on the Hudson River. The resulting study sets forth a specific Action Plan of policy recommendations for each of the five municipalities in the watershed to consider. Find the quot;Indian Brook-Croton Gorge Action Planquot; at < www.westchestergov.com/planning/environmental/>. Sometimes, it is best to let the pictures tell the story. # # # Use of images from this slide show in any other format requires permission: contact wired@etothefourth.com To cite this slide show, please use: Wiegman, L (2008) Slide Show on Croton River Gorge for Teatown Board of Trustees, February 2, 2008 Etothefourth.com
  • 3. Can you locate these Croton River gems? MAPS: USGS (1943) http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/
  • 4. TEATOWN! PHOTO:GOOGLE; (C) 2008 NASA The Hudson Highlands surround the Hudson River, a remarkable waterbody, that may be the most studied river system in the world. !
  • 5. TEXT! Thousands of residents who live, work, and play in Croton River Gorge share its 3.5 miles and 3,000 acres with bald eagles.! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 6. Activism by Croton residents in the 1970s (Bob Boyle, Joel Gingold, Ed Rondthaler, Dan Salzburg, etc) led to adequate water flow year round in the river. ! The New Cornell Dam as its bridge was under repair and water was being drawn from the depths of the reservoir (chutes on the right), as well as from flow over the gorgeous, stone step spillway on the left (2005).! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 7. Croton Gorge Dam Park bridge is under renovation in 2007-8. ! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 8. Each spring, the DEC stocks the Croton River with 1,200 rainbow & brown trout. Striped bass and shad arrive from the ocean to breed. ! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 9. Croton-on-Hudson’s well-fields are located in an aquifer 100 feet below this section of the river under a bed of glacial till and clay. ! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 10. The low head dam at Black Rock Park is a favorite for anglers year round. ! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 11. Halfway to the Hudson, the upstream tip of Firemen’s Island splits the Croton River, as it falls down to its tide-influenced lower section. ! The Croton River was the site of 2007 STream water quality monitoring: ! it has a “B” rating.! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 12. Daily tides push no higher upstream than lower end of Firemen’s Island, ! a popular Paddler’s spot.! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 13. The “Lower” Croton River is influenced by the tides up to Firemen’s Island,! 1.5 miles inland from the Hudson.! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 14. In the 100 acre Croton Bay we find shad and striped bass in spring, and ! largemouth bass, brown bullhead, carp and panfish in summer.! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 15. “Cork in the Bottle” or! “Drain in the Tub”! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/] The Croton Gorge is the “ Cork in the Bottle” For Croton watershed ! in the Hudson Highlands.!
  • 16. Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/] The 5 municipalities of the Watershed: ! Cortlandt, Croton, New Castle, and both Ossinings.!
  • 17. Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/] Land uses in the Croton Gorge-Indian Brook Watershed.!
  • 18. Teatown drains to the Croton River via the Indian Brook Reservoir headwater.! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/] The watershed’s Croton River has 5 tributaries.! Indian Brook is the largest & most important.!
  • 19. Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/] *Indian Brook is Ossining’s water supply. ! **Croton Gorge surrounds Croton’s well-fields.!
  • 20. One-third of the watershed contains steep slopes, especially sensitive to erosion.! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/] Steep Slopes (dark Red here) dominate the gorge.!
  • 21. Wildlife corridors in the watershed Croton Bay is the dining room &! the Hudson and Croton rivers are the chefs that fill it. ! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/] WIldlife Corridors also tie Teatown to the Croton/Indian brook watersheds.!
  • 22. 64 BIRD SPECIES breed in the Croton Gorge & Indian Brook watershed.! American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, Baltimore oriole, Barn swallow, Black-and-white warbler, Black-capped chickadee, Black- throated green warbler, Blue jay, Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Blue-winged warbler, Brown- headed cowbird, Canada goose, Canada warbler, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing, Chipping sparrow, Common grackle, Common yellowthroat, Downy woodpecker, Eastern bluebird, Eastern kingbird, Eastern phoebe, Eastern towhee, Eastern wood- pewee, Field sparrow, Gray catbird, Great crested flycatcher, Hairy woodpecker, House finch, House wren, Indigo bunting, Kentucky warbler, Louisiana waterthrush, Mallard, Mourning dove, Northern cardinal, Northern flicker, Northern mockingbird, Northern rough-winged sparrow, Northern waterthrush, Ovenbird, Pileated woodpecker, Prairie warbler, Red-bellied woodpecker, Red-eyed vireo, Red-tailed hawk, Red-winged blackbird, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Scarlet tanager, Song sparrow, Swamp sparrow, Tree swallow, Tufted titmouse, Veery, Warbling vireo, White-breasted nuthatch, Wild turkey, Wood duck, Wood thrush, Worm-eating warbler, Yellow warbler, Yellow-billed cuckoo Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/] PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 23. Crazy Quilt Example In 2006 - 2007, erosion, denuded slopes, garbage, overcrowding,! parked cars & a drowning converge. Who is in charge? ! Map Source: Village of Croton-on-Hudson NY 2006
  • 24. By Fall 2006, Charlie Kane & Croton River Compact Committee had begun to raise awareness. ! Source: Journal News 2006
  • 25. In the summer, 200-300 visitors may be using the pools between Firemen’s & Paradise Island on the Croton River at any given hour.! PHOTO: L. WIEGMAN
  • 26. ➡ The Action Plan calls for stronger protections in all 5 surrounding communities.! ➡ Implementation is next.! ➡ Teatown can help.! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
  • 27. The Action Plan details! ➡ Existing Conditions for each municipality! ➡ Recommendations for each municipality! ➡ Intermunicipal Agreements everyone signs! Teatown can help educate and bring everyone together.! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
  • 28. ➡ 1. Protect natural resources, wetlands, and groundwater drinking sources.! ➡ 2. Manage stormwater to improve water quality.! ➡ 3. Develop sustainable land use and environmental regulations.! ➡ 4. Preserve fish, and wildlife habitat.! ➡ 5. Educate the Public.! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
  • 29. #1. Conduct Streamwalks in the Croton Gorge Basin.! #5. Restore Degraded Wetlands.! #10. Maintain/Restore Forested Stream Buffers.! #26. Design Croton Aquifer & Indian Brook Overlay Zone.! #29. Protect Open Space. ! Red= Teatown is doing this already! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
  • 30. #30. Adopt new Environmental Ordinances.! #31. Prepare a Biodiversity Plan for the Watershed.! #32. Investigate Croton River Flow Fluctuations.! #34. Develop Community Resource Mgt. Programs.! #33. Require Board/Committee Member Stormwater Training.! Red= Teatown is doing this already!! Source: IBCG 2007 [www.westchestergov.com/planning/]
  • 34. SOURCES TEXT! Credits: Photo of solar powered remote sensing device (above): www.thebeaconinstitute.org Map of Hudson River (left) : hudsonriverestuary.pbwiki.com 2007