Jay Westerveld (frequently misspelled Westervelt and Westerveldt) is an ecologist [1] and researcher of habitats associated with endangered species including the clam shrimp, bog turtle, and the northern cricket frog.

In 1986, Westerveld coined the term "greenwash" in an essay examining practices of the hotel industry.

[5] He was also responsible for locating the habitat of additional members of a recently discovered species of frog.

[7] Westerveld writes that the Glenmere Lake hosts New York's largest population of the endangered Northern Cricket Frog.

[9] The mansion's developers were fined and cited by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation for violations of having proper paperwork in regard to the impact of construction on the endangered Northern Cricket Frog.