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Conesus Lake 2008: Baseline Data On The Stream Bank Restoration Project, Update On Water Quality Of Usda Monitored Watersheds, Joseph C. Makarewicz, Theodore W. Lewis, Christiann Severson

Joseph C Makarewicz

Conesus Lake is fed by 18 tributaries and a number of smaller streams and rivulets (Forest et al. 1978). The terrain in the watershed is characterized by gentle slopes at the northern outlet and southern inlet areas. Steep hilly slopes characterize the flanks and southern portion of the watershed. For example, from the middle third of the lake to the southern end of the watershed, the lake and valley are flanked by steep slopes exceeding 45 percent. The soils of the Conesus Lake watershed are mostly derived from locally-occurring shale and sandstone bedrock material that has been reworked by glacial …