Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (third from left) with volunteers, helping to restore Jamaica Bay.On May 31, the American Littoral Society and Jamaica Bay EcoWatchers organized a marsh restoration planting day at Black Wall Marsh in Jamaica Bay.
A total of 72 people, including Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and his staff , were ferried out by boats to the marsh island where they planted 5,000 plugs of Spartina grass, which is the most important component of the bay's ecosystem.
Most of the marine life in the bay (including many species of fish that we eat), utilize the marshes for food, shelter and reproduction.
Also volunteering on that day were employees of Mitsui & Company Ltd., Google, NYC Parks Natural Areas Conservancy, Citizens Committee for NYC, Harbor Lab kayakers, NYC Audubon, students from CUNY, Troop 282 Boy Scouts and residents from Broad Channel and Rockaway.
The program is part of an ongoing effort to restore the marshes of Jamaica Bay, a vital part of New York City's open space environment. For more information about this project and other programs contact the Littoral Society at 718-474-0896; e-mail: donriepe@gmail.com. Also, check websites:www.littoralsociety.org, www.jamaicabayecowatchers.org.
No comments:
Post a Comment