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On Monday, November 27, 2023, 9:04 AM, r...@bassdozer.com wrote:
Greetings, my fellow birders and environmental advocates.
11/30/23 Annual Fall Jamaica Bay Taskforce Meeting via Zoom
Please may I ask every birding community member and environmental advocate
reading this to attend the JBTF Zoom meeting. A show of support from a large
audience of birders and environmentalists will not go unnoticed by the federal,
state and city land managers, and local elected officials who will be on the
JBTF call on Nov 30th.
When: Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 6:30 PM Topic: Annual Fall Jamaica Bay Task
Force Meeting Hosts: American Littoral Society & Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers
Co-Chairs: Dan Mundy & Don Riepe.
Link to join Zoom Meeting (registration not required):
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83662620483?pwd=TG4wSVZ6OTVCczlZNWd6MWdjVWx2dz09
Meeting ID: 836 6262 0483 | Passcode: 655637
Agenda:
- 6:20-6:30: The waiting room for the general audience will open at 6:20pm.
- 6:30-6:50: Dan Mundy Sr, JBEW and Don Riepe, ALS - Meet & Greet:
Acknowledgement of Elected Officials, Agencies, And Organizations Present
- 6:50 to 7:05: Lisa Baron - Project Manager USACE - New York District
Programs and Project Management- Civil Works Branch—"Update on Stony Creek
Wetland Island Restoration Project.”
- 7:05 to 7:20: Dan Mundy Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers- Stakeholder
Recommendations for additional wetland islands projects for inclusion in Harbor
Estuary Plan.
- 7:20 to 7:35 Chris Haight -Ecologist - Environment & Planning NYC Parks
and Receation - “Thin Layer Sediment Placement Salt Marsh Restoration in Hook
Creek Park”.
- 7:35 to 7:50: Terri Carta-Executive Director Jamaica Bay Rockaway Parks
Conservancy- “West Pond Living Shoreline: Year 2 Update and Looking Ahead
- 7:50 to 8:05: Russ Comeau, South Shore Audubon Society and Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge Coalition – “Status of the East and West Pond Management Plan”
- 8:05 to 8:30: Q and A session
12/2/23 NPS Open House for public input on East Pond and North/South Gardens
The National Park Service (NPS) is holding an Open House on Saturday
December 2, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge Visitor Center. More information on the event is available here:
https://eastpondopenhouse.eventbrite.com.
NPS is seeking public input on specific resource and visitor management
issues in two areas of the Refuge: 1) the East Pond and 2) the North and South
Garden areas. This input is solicited to support the ongoing development of a
Stewardship Plan for the East and West Pond area of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge. The Stewardship Plan aims to define the future of these areas by
identifying and developing strategies and management actions related to mowing,
viewshed, and habitat management as a means for enhancing resource protection
and the visitor experience. More information about the Stewardship Plan process
can be found at https://www.nps.gov/gate//getinvolved/stewardship-plan.htm.
Introducing the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Coalition
At the JBTF Zoom on 11/30/23, a newly-formed environmental advocacy group,
the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Coalition, will be announcing its plans to
interact with the National Park Service concerning JBWR and to offer NPS wise
guidance on the public lands at the Wildlife Refuge and around Jamaica Bay, for
the benefit of the urban wildlife, the habitat, and wildlife viewing there.
We represent a concerned group of Audubon chapters, bird clubs and
environmental advocates that desire to address new and long-standing issues and
opportunities around Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, including concerns about the
wildlife being able to best use the resources at the Refuge, the condition and
upkeep of the habitat, and viewing access.
Founding members Don Riepe Amer. Littoral Soc. JB
Guardian Russ Comeau South Shore Aud. President Ian
Resnick Queens Cnty BC President Debbie Mullins
Linnaean Soc. NY President Brien Weiner South
Shore Aud. Past President Marcy Boyle NYC Audubon
Conservation Chair Kristin Ellington Linnaean Soc. NY
Recording Sec. Michelle Talich Brooklyn BC
Conservationist Elizabeth Watson Stony Brook Univ. Assoc.
Professor, Ecology Adelia Honeywood Brooklyn BC
Conservationist Bernie Conway Bronx River SS Aud. Director
We welcome other interested bird clubs, environmental organizations or
environmentalists desire to join this new collation. Kindly contact me for more
information.
Thank you.
Russ Comeau, President
South Shore Audubon Society | Freeport NY (928) 614-9186 |
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