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Article: REP. WEINER OUTLINES 4 POINT PLAN TO SAVE VANISHING MARSH LANDS IN JAMAICA BAY
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- October 5, 2007
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Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, D-N.Y. (9th CD), issued the following news release:
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn & Queens), a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, outlined a four point plan today to stem the tide against the vanishing marsh land in Jamaica Bay. Recently, an alarming new study showed that all the marsh could disappear by 2012 - 12 years sooner than projected by an earlier study in 2001. The study also showed that from 1951 to 2003, the amount of bay marsh decreased by two-thirds.
Jamaica Bay has more than 25,000 acres of open water, marsh, beaches and forest. The bay is home to more than 80 fish species and over 330 species of birds, and serves as an ...
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