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Blue Lake (New York)


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has a good start to it. It includes the water body type, primary outflows, basin countries, as well as when it first flooded. It also gives information about the surface area, max. depth, and shore length. There are many topics that can be added and expanded upon for this article. Including more on the watershed it is apart of as well as the Ringwood River that serves as it's outflow. References that have already been used are up to date and will be sufficient to use for further research.

Ramapo River Watershed

- Ramapo River

- https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/48022.html Ringwood River

Ringwood River

Adirondacks

Sterling Forest State Park

- about 810 species of trees, shrubs, and herbs

- about 125 species of birds

- 30 DEC-listed wetlands, 4 major wetland complexes: spruce swamp/McKeags Meadow, Pine Meadow, Little Cedar Pond, and Little Dam Lake --> species within: beavers, otters, muskrats, turtles, snakes, amphibians, and waterfowl.

Safety precautions in regard to animals --> http://www.greenwoodlake.org/SFGeneral.htm

- copperheads and timber rattlesnakes - venomous, rattlesnakes are illegal to kill in NY due to being a threatened species

- black bears

- deer ticks

- rabies

Freshwater phytoplankton