Folks help is needed to protect critical shorebird habitat. The rain puddles at Miller Field on Staten Island are being drained by a contractor who was hired by NPS. The contractor said that they were told that there were no nesting birds there or anything else of concern by NPS and Fish and Wildlife. Please can everyone get involved and email to help stop this. Here is the ebird hotspot:
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L391319 Patricia Rafferty is the chief of natural resources for NPS. Her email is patricia_raffe...@nps.gov The superintendent's email is jen_nerses...@nps.gov The woman in charge of public affairs is daphne_...@nps.gov Please send an email asking that the project be stopped and the habitat restored for all of the migrant and local birds that use these puddles every day. If anyone has another contact that can help stop this please let me know or share it publicly. -- 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/ --
