The Chittenango Ovate Amber snail is at the risk of extinction in New York. The maximum size of this snail is .9 inch. This particular species of snail can only be found in one spot in the entire world. This spot is a 100 foot tall waterfall in central New York that lies within Chittenango State Park. It is around a 4 hour drive from NYC. The whole population of Chittinango Ovate Amber snails was estimated to be less than 500 in 1982 but in 1990 the whole population was estimated to be fewer than 25 snails. Chittiango snails are endangered because of pollution. Tons of trash and other kinds of poultion is in the waterfall where they live. On the map below is where Chittinango State Park is and the waterfall.
How can you help them?
You can help Chittenango Ovate Amber Snails by not littering. Especially if you go to Chittenango or Chittenango state park. If you litter it could get in to a body of water then it could somehow get into the body of water that runs through Chittenango State Park where the snails live. Also by not littering you can help a lot of other animals, endangered or not.
