Article: HAZARDOUS BOAT WRECKS PULLED OUT OF JAMAICA BAY

Article: Derelict Boats
AP Images;  June 22, 2008 ;     82 words ...Abandoned boats litter the Gerritsen Creek shoreline...2008 in New York. At any time along the Jamaica Bay shoreline, scores of discarded boats...ranger, said a recent GPS survey of Jamaica Bay pinpointed about 88 wrecks and discards...

Article: New York's Jamaica Bay Salt Marshes Get Closer Look at Hearing.
Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 25, 2003 ;     451 words ......Shelby Nov. 25--With the salt marshes of Jamaica Bay disappearing, the chairman of the state...Academic Center rotunda, which overlooks Jamaica Bay. Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Sheepshead...reaches well beyond the boundaries of Jamaica Bay. Jamaica Bay is a 26-mile ...

Article: NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REPORT IDENTIFIES STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH OF JAMAICA BAY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Protection (DEP) today released the Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan, which outlines...quality and ecological integrity of Jamaica Bay. The two volume document, which took...includes a thorough profile of the Jamaica Bay Watershed and a blueprint for the future...

Article: REP. WEINER OUTLINES 4 POINT PLAN TO SAVE VANISHING MARSH LANDS IN JAMAICA BAY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 5, 2007 ;     669 words ......against the vanishing marsh land in Jamaica Bay. Recently, an alarming new study showed...of bay marsh decreased by two-thirds. Jamaica Bay has more than 25,000 acres of open water...4 holding tanks. Reduce Nitrogen in Jamaica Bay by 60% in 10 years, with a 20% Reduction...

Article: Deadline day for greenway; Queens rec plan awaits gov's OK.
Daily News (NY, NY);  April 11, 2005 ;     391 words ......legislation that includes $1.6 million for a Jamaica Bay Greenway, proponents of the recreational...will sign it into law by tomorrow. The Jamaica Bay appropriation, which is part of the...that it would be approved this year. Jamaica Bay is an incredible resource, only blocks...

Article: Birders Watch in Despair As N.Y. Wetlands Drown; 'This Is Not a Bay That Exists in a Natural Setting'
The Washington Post;  August 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ......main island. In the middle lies the Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, a place where...Park Service superintendent for the Jamaica Bay refuge. "Our urban parklands need managing...international legions of birders who regard Jamaica Bay as their ornithological temple and the...

Article: NEW DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TEAM TO ADDRESS VANISHING JAMAICA BAY WETLANDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......been created to address the rapid loss of Jamaica Bay, DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today...water quality and ecological strategies for Jamaica Bay, Queens County. "Jamaica Bay marsh lands are an invaluable natural resource...

Article: KAYAKING JAMAICA BAY New York City wildlife refuge.
New York State Conservationist;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......rapture of nature. On the salt marshes of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, bulrushes towering...birds and more sedentary creatures. Jamaica Bay's past is hardly pristine. Oystering...dwarfing Hamburg, London and New Orleans. Jamaica Bay was also a place to play, to escape...

Article: NY'S JAMAICA BAY THREATENED.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  October 13, 2007 ;     510 words ......undulates near Mundy's dock. Welcome to Jamaica Bay, a wildlife haven just next door to...here -- the salt marsh islands dotting Jamaica Bay are disappearing. The loss of the islands...bird population makes its way through Jamaica Bay. Marsh loss has always been part of...

Article: Security personnel concerned over abandoned boats off TN coast.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  December 5, 2008 ;     238 words ...Security personnel concerned over abandoned boats off TN coast Rameswaram, Dec 5 (PTI) Three more abandoned boats were found drifting in the coast...coasts yesterday. So many mysterious abandoned boats had been found. There was no chance...

Article: Congressman Gregory W. Meeks Announces Mosquito Spraying Schedule for Parts of the Rockaways
U.S. Newswire;  September 13, 2004 ;     321 words ......Park, bounded by Beach 75th Street and Jamaica Bay to the west; Beach Channel Drive to...also a key proponent of the Ecosystem Jamaica Bay Systems project. "The recent rainfall...mosquitos," Meeks pointed out. The Ecosystem Jamaica Bay project in conjunction with the United...

Article: Galvin, Corps Restore NYC Wetlands.
Constructioneer;  July 2, 2007 ;     693 words ......13-Million Elder's Island Project Helps Stem Jamaica Bay Salt Marsh Loss In the skyline of one...busiest airports, Elders Point Island in Jamaica Bay Gateway National Park, King's County...the marsh island recession issue in Jamaica Bay. In March 2006, the corps awarded a...

Article: Abandoned boats could be freed faster
Post-Tribune (IN);  December 4, 2000 ;     321 words ......the authority to dispose or sell the abandoned boats to recoup the cost of storing the...current Indiana law now requires. "The (abandoned) boats have limited value, a few hundred...can be twice as high. Getting rid of abandoned boats now is lengthy and expensive. The...

Article: Wild wetlands of New York: nearly all of New York City's wetlands in Jamaica Bay will be a memory in twenty years if nothing is done to prevent their loss, according to experts.
Earth Island Journal;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......preserve in the country at 13,000 acres, Jamaica Bay is the natural transition between land...If naturalists like Dan Mundy of the Jamaica Bay Eco Watchers weren't initially attracted...overdue. If no action is taken to save Jamaica Bay, it will be like watching a kidney patient...