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Article: NEW DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TEAM TO ADDRESS VANISHING JAMAICA BAY WETLANDS

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October 18, 2007
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release:

A team comprised of nearly a dozen experts from the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) Division of Water, Bureau of Marine Resources, and Legal Counsel has been created to address the rapid loss of Jamaica Bay, DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. The team is tasked with developing long-term water quality and ecological strategies for Jamaica Bay, Queens County.

"Jamaica Bay marsh lands are an invaluable natural resource and wildlife habitat for New York State, and they are in jeopardy," said Commissioner Grannis. "The deteriorating condition of the wetlands calls for us to ...

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