This blog is dedicated to the preservation of the Great Lakes by the people who live around them

We need to be on guard to protect the homes of everything that lives around the lakes . . . . swans, cormorants, terns, geese, heron, ducks of all kinds...songbirds...otter, fisher, skunk, possum, bear, coyote, porcupine, muskrat, groundhog, deer, chipmunk, rabbit ... marsh insect swarms...fish, turtle, snake... it's all about the habitat and how we chose to preserve, walk nearby or make way for developers to destroy. It's not too late, friends. How well do you know your Great Lakes Natural Science? Does the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation care about 'the Great Lakes'? -- posted by Barbara

Notes on the Lake

The west spit is a curved, sandy stretch of land from Manitou Beach to the mouth of Braddock Bay. It's in North Greece, New York on L. Ontario about 12 miles northwest of the Rochester/Irondequoit Bay/Genesee River area. Over the last century, hotels, dance halls and other structures have been built, burned down and just taken down due to neglect and the tangle of weeds that have overtaken them. Now, the spit stays uninhabited except for the animals, birds, trees and a single trail, mostly used by fisherpeople, birders and photographers.




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