Contributions
Don Riepe (Jamaica Bay Guardian), along with Federal government agencies, New York City agencies and other community groups are gathering on April 22, 2007 to remove tons of timber and other floatable debris from Plumb Beach. Plans also call for over 100 beach plumb, shadbush, and other shrub species, plus several hunderd culms of beach grass to be planted as well. This project will continue through April 27. For more information, see the Events Calendar.
The Jamaica Bay Institute (JBI) at Gateway National Recreation Area (GNRA), along with Wildlife Trust, Harbor Herons Subcommittee of the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sponsored the Harbor Herons, Cormorants, and More - Current Research and Future Planning meeting, November 30 - December 1, 2006, Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York. The 2-day gathering featured the Harbor Herons Sub-Committee Meeting, followed by sessions including Monitoring Methodology, Environmental Toxins, Bioindicators, and Habitat Quality, Colonial Waterbird Populations beyond Harbor Herons, Population Perspectives, and Double-crested Cormorants.
Dan Mundy of Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers is a member of the Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan Advisory Committee, tasked with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to generate a watershed protection plan. This activity is being tracked in the Advisory Committee section of this website.
Don Riepe (Jamaica Bay Guardian) and Mickey Cohen (American Littoral Society) are leading an investigation of the Asian Shore Crab. Jim Haley of the Broad Channel community reported at the January 11, 2006 Jamaica Bay Task Force meeting that large numbers of this invasive species were visible, and may be causing the salt marsh grasses to decline. If you're interested in joining this crab monitoring effort, contact Mickey Cohen.
Several groups listed above are also very active in organizing beach cleanups on the bay. For more information, see the Events Calendar.
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