{"id":42750,"date":"2007-08-06T11:38:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T11:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/?p=13201"},"modified":"2020-09-25T04:31:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T04:31:49","slug":"wildlife-habitat-near-nyc-to-disappear-by-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wildlife-habitat-near-nyc-to-disappear-by-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife habitat near NYC to disappear by 2012?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bordering what is probably North America&#8217;s busiest travel hub, the JFK Airport in NY is the Jamaica Bay. A cluster of salt-water marsh lands, this estuary covering around 25,000 acres is nutrient-rich with marsh grass and sea lettuce.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"map\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/map_2308.jpg\" alt=\"map\" \/><br \/>\n<em>No. 7: Jamaica Bay<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These rich food resources have made this southwestern tip of Long Island an excellent habitat for wildlife, fish and migratory birds. Waterfowl, land birds, migratory insects form part of over 200 species on federal and state lists.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica Bay has a protected status and is managed jointly by the National Park Service and the Port Authority. Despite this, the Bay has been disturbed by the city repeatedly over the years. Dredging due to construction needs at JFK airport and runoff from sewage disposal plants have resulted in oxygen poor turbid water.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"salt marsh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/salt-marsh_2308.jpg\" alt=\"salt marsh\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Salt Marshes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marsh area is being lost at this biologically productive habitat at the rate of 40 acres annually for the past 4 years. However, a new study by the Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan Advisory Committee (JBWP) has recently observed that they could disappear by 2012. This is 12 years earlier than a previous estimate by the city&#8217;s Department of Environmental Protection. The department previously gauged that until 1999 the bay lost half of its tidal wetlands while evidence from satellite and aerial mapping from 2003 to 2005 suggests a faster rate of depletion.<\/p><div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Created in 2005, the mandate of the JBWP committee is to propose avenues to help preserve one of New York&#8217;s last remaining wilderness areas. Key observations of the Committee in their report included:<\/p>\n<p>That even today over 80 fish species and 20 percent of North America&#8217;s migratory bird species stop in Jamaica Bay&#8217;s marshes.<br \/>\nThe Bay also plays a vital role of flood protection for humans.<br \/>\nThat tidal creeks on the marsh islands are expanding, vegetation is giving way to mud flats and sand flats.<br \/>\nThat the exact cause is of the rapid decline being observed remains unknown. However, it lists one probable cause as the high nitrogen content of treated sewage<\/p>\n<p>This is being disputed by the Department of Environmental Protection, which is also carrying out its own independent survey. Their report is due in October 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/environmentNews\/idUSN0223656120070802?feedType=RSS&amp;sp=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also See: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica_Bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamaica Bay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica_Bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamaica Bay<\/a><br \/>\nImage 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salt_marsh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salt Marsh<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n          <p><a id=\"link-15\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" id=\"img-15\" src=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\r\n            <script>\r\n            var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n              if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n                var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);\r\n                document.getElementById(\"link-\"+myObj.id).setAttribute('href',myObj.url);\r\n                document.getElementById(\"img-\"+myObj.id).setAttribute('src','https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/\/uploads\/'+myObj.image);\r\n              }\r\n            };\r\n            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/\/api\/Ads\/15\", true);\r\n            xmlhttp.send();\r\n            <\/script>\r\n        \r\n        <style>\r\n        *{box-sizing:border-box}.top-container{display: grid;grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;}.column{float:left;width:100%;padding: 0 7.5px 15px 7.5px;}.row{margin:0 -5px}.row:after{content:\"\";display:table;clear:both}@media screen and (max-width: 600px){.top-container{display: block;grid-template-columns: unset;}.column{width:100%;display:block;margin-bottom:20px}}.card{text-align:center;}.card_image img{width:100%}.card_body{padding:15px}.card_title{font-size: 14px;line-height: 19px;text-decoration: none;text-align:left;color: #333;}.card-heading{text-align: left;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}\r\n        <\/style>\r\n        <div class=\"row todays-top\">\r\n            <h3 class=\"card-heading\"> Recent Articles: <\/h3><div class=\"top-container\" id=\"todays-top\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <script>\r\n            var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n            if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n            var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText); \r\n            myObj.forEach(function(item) {\r\n            document.getElementById('todays-top').innerHTML += '<div class=\"column\"><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"card_image\"><a href=\"'+item.url+'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"'+item.image+'\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card_body\"><a href=\"'+item.url+'\"><h3 class=\"card_title\">'+item.title+'<\/h3><\/a><a href=\"'+item.url+'\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>';\r\n            });\r\n            }\r\n            };\r\n            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/api\/Drprem_blogs\", true);\r\n            xmlhttp.send();\r\n            <\/script>\r\n        \r\n        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.videoWrapper{position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0}.videoWrapper iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"videoWrapper\" id=\"video_7\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvar xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                document.getElementById(\"video_\"+myObj.id).innerHTML = myObj.embed_video_code;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            }\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            };\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/api\/Videos\/7\", true);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.send();\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bordering what is probably North America&#8217;s busiest travel hub, the JFK Airport in NY is the Jamaica Bay. 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