Tuesday, February 25, 2014

JBWR West Pond petition

A petition is circulating calling upon the Department of Interior head Sally Jewell to repair the long delayed West Pond breach caused by Tropical storm Sandy.Whether it has any effect, nevertheless here is the link to that petition if you are interested.

http://www.change.org/petitions/sally-jewel-restore-the-west-pond-at-jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge-new-york?share_id=dvjmATFceS&utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition


the listserve posting

Subject: Help us restore the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge...
From: Andrew Baksh 
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:19:43 -0500
X-Message-Number: 5

With permission from the list serve owner.

Dear Members:
Please show your support for the restoration of the West Pond at Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge by signing the online petition (
http://www.change.org/petitions/sally-jewel-restore-the-west-pond-at-jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge-new-york
)


In doing so, you will be joining the Birders' Coalition for Gateway (New
York City Audubon, New York State Ornithological Association, Linnaean
Society of New York, Brooklyn Bird Club, Queens County Bird Club,
Protectors of Pine Oak Woods,  and American Littoral Society, North East
Chapter) in its petition that the West Pond in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge, part of the National Park Service's Gateway National Recreation
Area in Queens County, New York, be restored promptly to its original
freshwater state, so that its value to wildlife and the viewing public is
preserved in this urban environment for current and future generations.

More information is available from the petition.  Please feel free to share
with as many people as you can as we work to try and save this important
fresh water ecosystem which is vital to wildlife.

Thank You.

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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Linnanean Society website page

http://linnaeannewyork.org/officers-committees-consv/conservation.html