Please sign,its your park..
Circulating now, its significant you read and decide.
http://tinyurl.com/west-pond-petition
From the NY RARE BIRD ALERT:
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Gail Benson
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 28, 2014 at 6 pm.
The highlights of today's tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, NORTHERN SHRIKE, SNOWY OWL, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
But first I'd like to address something more important--a petition is now being circulated on the internet to get National Parks officials to address the West Pond situation at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. For much too long, the Parks people have dragged their feet, their inaction causing a severe situation for the West Pond. Please sign this petition, letting the officials know the breach on the pond must be closed soon and the pond restored to the condition that helped Jamaica Bay become an internationally important refuge. A link to the petition is at
http://tinyurl.com/west-pond-petition.
