Good Evening Peeps, It seems not too long ago, I wrote to both list-serves asking for your assistance on the West Pond restoration efforts. Your responses were key in making that effort a success.
I find myself writing to you again for your help. This evening, I had an interesting conversation with Dan Mundy Jr. of Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers regarding the fence and property "situation" at the south end of the East Pond. If you recall, Steve Walter wrote about this on July 10th. Without boring you with mundane details, I will just say that we need to push NPS to acquire the property adjacent to the pond. Otherwise, the business Call Ahead may snap it up and we are not going to have access to the pond - at least from that end. There is an opportunity for that property to be used for wildlife education purposes and NPS should seize the moment. Those of us familiar with the location know that it is a good spot for Dragonflies, Butterflies and other wildlife. The opportunities, are endless for innovative minds. For example, imagine a trail from the subway station stop in Broad Channel that access the East Pond via the property. Please write to Jennifer Nersesian at jen_nerses...@nps.gov Let her know how much the East Pond means to our community. Access on the southend is critical to many nature programs. Urge her to get a move on in acquiring the property in the state's buy back program. Thank You. -------- "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --