Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...
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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...
To all,
Don Riepe learned very recently from the acting refuge manager that the pipe
was draining slowly, probably as a result of a clog and perhaps a hole and
there were no plans for an immediate repair. Don then visited the pipe/valve
yesterday and found that water was coming out fairly well as NPS apparently had
taken some action and jammed it open a bit more with PVC pipes. NPS believes it
is lowering the pond by about 1/4 inch per day. The guage was at 1.5 and needs
to go down to at least 1.1, with each .1 being an inch. Don thinks that if
NPS's assessment is correct, and we do not get significant rainfall, mudflats
should appear by the week of August 3.
NYC Audubon has been monitoring this situation closely and has tried to contact
appropriate NPS personell, with no response as of this morning. NYC Audubon is
physically stopping by the Staten Island headquarters of Gateway today and
hopefully we will have more information then. Whatever we learn, I will pass
along.
Harry Maas
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...
I have not verified this as yet but I just got a text from a source in NPS,
that the East Pond is draining quicker TODAY. Apparently, a "clog" was cleared.
More on that as I will head out there sometime soon to get a pond readout. I
just wanted to put this out there and thank everyone who took the time out to
call and write.
Best,
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
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(") _ (")
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
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Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...
To all, Don Riepe learned very recently from the acting refuge manager that the pipe was draining slowly, probably as a result of a clog and perhaps a hole and there were no plans for an immediate repair. Don then visited the pipe/valve yesterday and found that water was coming out fairly well as NPS apparently had taken some action and jammed it open a bit more with PVC pipes. NPS believes it is lowering the pond by about 1/4 inch per day. The guage was at 1.5 and needs to go down to at least 1.1, with each .1 being an inch. Don thinks that if NPS's assessment is correct, and we do not get significant rainfall, mudflats should appear by the week of August 3. NYC Audubon has been monitoring this situation closely and has tried to contact appropriate NPS personell, with no response as of this morning. NYC Audubon is physically stopping by the Staten Island headquarters of Gateway today and hopefully we will have more information then. Whatever we learn, I will pass along. Harry Maas - Original Message - From: birdingd...@gmail.com To: nysbirds-l Cc: Nyc ebirds Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:09 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker... I have not verified this as yet but I just got a text from a source in NPS, that the East Pond is draining quicker TODAY. Apparently, a clog was cleared. More on that as I will head out there sometime soon to get a pond readout. I just wanted to put this out there and thank everyone who took the time out to call and write. Best, 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: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- --- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...
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/ --
