Education
The following educational resources and links directly address the ELODWA. The resources are available for download, or if you would like to see hard copies, please visit the Pulaski Public Library, North Jefferson Street, Pulaski, New York.
Resource Bibliography
The following resources are sorted by topic. To navigate directly to your topic of interest, please select a topic below.
Dune Steward Reports
Dune Vegetation
General Information and Trail Guides
Human Dimensions
Interpretation
Management Plans and Issues
Natural History
Sand Transport
Tourism
Other Dune Resources
(* Denotes PDF file currently unavailable)
Dune Vegetation
Beachgrass: American (Cape variety) or Champlain: What's the difference and who cares? Bonnano, S.
*Stabilizing Your Sand Dunes with Beach Grass
Vegetation of a freshwater dune barrier under high and low recreational uses. Bonnano, S. 1998. pp 40-50.
*Vegetative Analysis of Deer Creek Barrier Beach. 1981.
*Ammophila champlainensis (Graminae), a new species in New York and Vermont. 1966.
Plants for coastal dunes and sandy inland areas. Author unknown. pp 20-23.
General Information and Trail Guides
Deer Creek Marsh WMA. Penney, M. 2011.
Our Eastern Lake Ontario Dunes & Wetlands. Penney, M. 2007.
Sand, Wind, and Water. A recreational guide to eastern Lake Ontario's dunes and wetlands. Earnest, G., Kuehn D., Thompson, M., and Penney, M. Revised 2007.
Our Lake Ontario Sand Dunes: An Overview. White, D. G. 1993.
Our Lake Ontario Sand Dunes: Minimizing Impacts of Your Visit. Bonanno, S. and White, D. G. 1993.
*New York's Eastern Lake Ontario Sand Dunes. L. R. Johnston Associates. NYS Department of State Division of Coastal Resources and Waterfront Revitalization. 1989.
The Sandy Pond Beach Bird Sanctuary. A Cooperative Project of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, Central and Western New York Chapter and The Friends of Sandy Pond Beach. Date Unknown.
Sandy Pond Beach Natural Area. Oswego County's Fragile Lake Ontario Shoreline. A Cooperative Project of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, Central and Western New York Chapter and The Friends of Sandy Pond Beach. Date Unknown.
El Dorado Nature Preserve, A Migratory Bird Rest Stop. The Nature Conservancy, Central and Western New York Chapter. Date Unknown.
Human Dimensions
*Results of the 1997 Eastern Lake Ontario Dune and Wetland Area Interpretive Program Evaluation. Kuehn, D. 1998.
Human use and wildlife of the El Dorado Nature Preserve, a Natural Area on eastern Lake Ontario. Kahl, S. 1998.
Evaluating Extension Efforts Along Lake Ontario's Eastern Shore. Kuehn, D. and Thompson, M. Date Unknown.
Interpretation
Interpretive Recommendations for the Eastern Lake Ontario Sand Dune and Wetland Area. Earnest, G. 1994.
Eastern Lake Ontario Dune Wetland Environmental Interpretive Center: A Feasibility Study and Concept Plan. Barney, T. Seaway Trail, Inc. 1991.
*Dune Trail Interpretive Guide. Southwick Beach State Park & Lakeview Wildlife Management Area. Ravenscroft, S. 1990.
Management Plans and Issues
North Pond Resiliency Project Report. A Comprehensive Analysis of Shoreline Change and Inlet Dynamics on the Eastern Shore of Lake Ontario. September 2017. Thomas Hart and Geoffrey Steadman. 195 pages (12MB PDF file) | Also: Appendix B (4.67MB PDF file)
*Research to guide management and maintenance of the eastern Lake Ontario dune barrier, Phase One. Interim Report. Woodrow, D.L., Rukavina, N.A., Steinglass, J., Mc Clennen, C., Ahrnsbrak, W.F., Singer, J.D., Grant, J., and Shea, J. 2000.
Sandy Pond Beach Management Plan. Davis, R. and Bonanno, S. 1995.
Sandy Pond Resource Management Study. L. R. Johnston Associates, Sandy Pond Resource Management Committee. 1989.
A Proposed Coastal Management Program for the Eastern Shore Dune-Bay-Wetland Complex.St. Lawrence-Eastern Ontario Commission. NYS Department of State. 1979.
Wildlife Management Plan for Lakeview Wildlife Management Area. NYS DEC, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Wildlife, Region 4. 1970.
Mining as a threat to New York's Deer Creek Marsh. Trautwein, B. and Dragonetti, J. Date unknown.
Natural History
Our Lake Ontario Sand Dunes: An Overview of Their Fauna. Bonanno, S., and White, D. G. 1993.
Our Lake Ontario Sand Dunes: An Overview of Their Fauna Checklist. New York Sea Grant. Date Unknown.
Our Lake Ontario Sand Dunes: An Overview of Their Flora. Bonanno, S., and White, D. G. 1993.
Our Lake Ontario Sand Dunes: An Overview of Their Flora Checklist. New York Sea Grant. Date Unknown.
On the importance of Lake Ontario woody, shoreline habitat to neotropical migrant songbirds: 1993 preliminary results. Agard, K., Schneider, K., Spellman, C. Unpublished report.
Structure of the microarthropod community in Lake Ontario beach debris. Norton, R. A., and Dindal, D.L. 1976. Environmental Entomology 5(4): 773-779.
Birds of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail: A Great Lakes Seaway Trail Fact Sheet. Seaway Trail Foundation. Date Unknown.
*Migrant Songbirds Along Lake Ontario's Shore
Sand Transport
Eastern Lake Ontario Sand Transport Study (ELOSTS): Final Report on Sediment Transport Patterns and Management Implications for Eastern Lake Ontario. A report and a seperate technical appendix (PDF) submitted to The Nature Conservancy. Woodrow, D., Hobart and William Smith Colleges, McClennen, C., Colgate University and Ahrnsbrak, W. Hobart and William Smith Colleges. 2002.
*Eastern Lake Ontario Littoral Processes: Review of Information and Management Implications. Steadman, G. 1997. 63 pages.
Differential Transport of Fall-equivalent Sand Grains, Lake Ontario, New York. Trask, C. B. and Hand, B. 1985. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 55(2):0226-0234.
Inlet formation and washover processes at North Pond, Eastern Lake Ontario. Weir, G. 1977.4 pages.
Sand dispersal in eastern and southern Lake Ontario. Sutton, R., Lewis, T. and Woodrow, D. 1974. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 44:705-715.
Accretion and erosion of a Lake Ontario beach, Selkirk Shores, New York. Cohn, B. 1973. Proc. 16th Conf. Great Lakes Res. 1973:390-396.
Post-Iroquois lake stages and shoreline sedimentation in eastern Ontario basin. Sutton, R., Lewis, T. and Woodrow, D. 1972. Journal of Geology 80: 346-356.
Tourism
*Oswego-Eastern Shore Communities Tourism Development Action Plan. Brown, T., Dawson, C., Connelly, N., Horrigan, P. Seaway Trail, Inc. 1990. 32 pages.
*Oswego-Eastern Shore Communities Tourism Development Plan: Resource Document. Brown, T., Dawson, C., Connelly, N., Horrigan, P. Seaway Trail, Inc. 1990. 142 pages.
Other Dune Resources
The Dune Book. Rogers, S. and Nash, D. North Carolina Sea Grant. 2003.
Stabilization of Great Lakes sand dunes: Effect of planting time, mulches and fertilizer on seedling establishment. Maun, M. A. and Krajnyk, I. 1989. Journal of Coastal Research Vol. 5, No. 4: 791-800.
The effects of houses and sand fences on the Eolian sediment budget at Fire Island, New York. 1985. Journal of Coastal Research Vol. 1, No. 1: 39-46.
Considerations for the control of house construction in coastal dunes. Nordstrom, K. and McCluskey, 1984. Journal Coastal Zone Management Journal Vol. 12, No. 4: 385-402.
Dutch Sand Ladder. National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior and National Recreation and Park Association. 1984. Grist Vol. 28, No. 2: 13, 15.
