Erie/Ontario Lake Plain

A residential subdivision project, Wintergarden Section 2, comprising 23 homes on 12.57 acres in Henrietta near Red Creek, entered the permit application process with a comment deadline of October 1, 2026. The project will disturb 0.01 acres of freshwater wetland adjacent area and requires Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands permit approval.

A Dark Cahill mayfly (Stenonema femoratum) was observed September 1 on Salmon Creek Road in Spencerport. This pollution-sensitive mayfly indicates the waterway maintains the clean, well-oxygenated conditions mayfly larvae require to develop.

Belted Kingfisher was observed September 9 at Norman Road and on August 25 and August 29 at other waterway locations. This fish-eating bird of conservation concern indicates sustained fish populations suitable for predation through the season.

Salt and Pepper Microcaddisfly (Agraylea multipunctata) and other caddisflies were observed at multiple sites in September, with specimens collected as recently as September 20 in Byron. Caddisfly larvae are pollution-sensitive macroinvertebrates that indicate adequate dissolved oxygen and generally clean stream conditions.

Forster's Terns were recorded at Braddock Bay East Spit on September 13, confirmed as a regional rarity by eBird. The species is currently in its main fall passage through the Great Lakes, heading south to winter on southern U.S. coasts; September and October mark the peak month for Forster's Tern movement in this region.