Hi again, all, NYC Audubon met today with NPS officials. NPS anticipates responding to all who have emailed them with regard to the East Pond a statement as to where things stand and, hopefully, why. When received, I will repost the NPS response to both nysbird-l and ebirdnyc.
Briefly, NPS believes the pond is now draining much better and faster, the result of the "declogging" I described in my previous post and temporary repair of the pipe, about 6 feet of which had collapsed, near the intake on the pond. NPS feels the entire pipe was be replaced or competely repaired but that this will be done at a later time. NPS also discussed some other issues relating to drainage problem, such as the high water level of the pond this summer, disturbances to the floor of the pond caused by Sandy and subsequent restoration efforts of the railroad bridge. NPS also feels, depending on future rainfall, that shoreline will be exposed in the coming weeks, hopefully to the extent of other years. So we wait to hear further. In any event, it is what it is. I will allow them to explain hopefully more fully. Harry Maas --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
