Message from the American Littoral Society - Northeast Chapter

Hi West 12th Road Block Association News: 

In a (nut)seashell: American Littoral Society - Northeast Chapter -  is competing for a monetary prize and national promotion in a contest of solutions to reduce risk of extreme weather. We thought maybe you could help us with a PSA.

Our submission was based on the Jamaica Bay Marsh Restoration Initiative, which has restored 40+ acres of badly-degraded marsh islands and is ongoing with the goal to restore 80% of the bay’s marsh islands to reflect the 1974 footprint of the project area. 

Over the course of the past 3 years, over 3,000 volunteers have participated in the restoration, planting over 180,000 plugs of native Jamaica Bay Spartina alterniflora on 2’ centers, and restoring 40+ acres of salt marsh. Following the volunteer events, we continue to plant as needed and monitor the sites.

Our project is unique in that it increases community resiliency to climate change by restoring salt marsh islands in Jamaica Bay through community-based stakeholder collaboration.

The benefit of restoring wetlands is priceless-- restored wetlands increase coastal buffers mitigating waves, wind, tides and floods in the bay and reduce the risk of damages to surrounding neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens. 

Voting link: http://www.solutionsearch.org/entityform/117. Votes can be cast once a day per device. Voting ends May 15th. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

Best,

Theresa Crupi

Restoration Assistant