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Photo by Brian HooIn a rare victory for Southern Brooklyn wildlife, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced on Friday that it will revise its plan to eradicate the state’s 2,200 mute swans [/draft-mute-swans/] and consider non-lethal methods to keep numbers down. The reversal came on
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Update (6:16 p.m.): Reader Christina “Know-it-all” K. wrote in to correct me: it’s a red tailed hawk. A juvenile, which is why its tail isn’t red yet. And maybe this guy is a relative of Pale Male [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Male], the first
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Photo by PayPaulWhen it comes to sewage spilling into our waterways, people might not really want to know – but they should. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/adequate-public-notice-sewage-spills-new-york-waterways-lacking-study-article-1.1411231] that while sewage plant operators are required to report spills to health authorities right away,
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Not sure if you guys have noticed, but it’s mighty warm outside today, and it looks like we’re under an Air Quality Health Advisory until 11pm tonight (May 31). The NY State Department of Environmental Conservation recommends that “active children, adults, and people with lung disease, such as
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Source: Howard N2GOT / FlickrA cadre of city, state and federal representatives spoke of Superstorm Sandy’s impact on Jamaica Bay last Tuesday at the latest Jamaica Bay Task Force meeting, according to a report by Rockawave [http://www.rockawave.com/news/2013-02-01/Top_Stories/Standing_Room_Only_At_Jamaica_Bay_
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Source: Nigel Chadwick via Wikimedia CommonsCity and state environmental agencies are adding three new air monitors in regions most affected by Superstorm Sandy. The air monitor stations will measure fine particle matter in order to collect data on what, if any, air contamination resulted from Sandy’s impact. Air monitors
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Source: Geoffrey Croft via awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.comWhen we first broke the story about the Paerdegat Basin oil spill [/oil-spill-brooklyn-national-grid/], in which an estimated 800 to 1,400 gallons of natural gas condensate, compressor oil and turbine oil poured into the waters near Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, info was scarce. Representatives
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Source: Arthur Tress via DailyDOCUMERICAThis photograph depicts the old incineration plant and landfill dump at Gravesend Bay. The site is currently at the center of a major Bensonhurst environmental debate. For over 30 years, the dump burned NYC garbage without a permit. It was finally shut down in the mid-90’
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Director of the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society and Jamaica Bay Guardian Don Riepe said toxin levels in Jamaica Bay's waters needs further study. (Source: Laura Vladimirova)A proposal to allow deicing chemicals and other toxins from John F. Kennedy International Airport to flow freely into
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Source: Department of Transportation newsletterA new Belt Parkway exit ramp will open tomorrow serving drivers at Rockaway Parkway (Exit 13). It’s the first stage of the new, permanent exit ramp. Upon full completion, the exit ramp will provide a wider lane, better riding surface and a safety shoulder for
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It was ten years ago that scientists began to take note of Jamaica Bay’s [http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/06/nyregion/scientists-are-baffled-by-loss-of-marsh-from-jamaica-bay.html] rapidly deteriorating marshes [http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/06/nyregion/scientists-are-baffled-by-loss-of-marsh-from-jamaica-bay.html] , and earlier this year that Congressman Anthony Weiner proclaimed a four point