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Post Office Box 050328
Staten Island, NY 10305
718-873-4291
WƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ
Spring 2012
džĞĐƵƟǀ Ğ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ
Kerry Sullivan
NRPA
Chair
Ida Sanoff
CAWD
Recording Secretary
Membership
Richard Chan
NRPA
Treasurer
John Malizia
S. I. Yacht Club
S. I. Tuna Club
Fishermen’s
ŽŶƐĞƌǀ ĂƟŽŶ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ
Trustees
Jim Scarcella
NRPA
Friends Of Clearwater
Cindy Zipf
ůĞĂŶ KĐĞĂŶ ĐƟŽŶ
Charles Perry
Protectors of Pine Oak
Woods
Tony Rose
Staten Island Sport
Divers
Tony Somma
NRPA
Andrew Willner
NY/NJ Baykeeper (Ret)
Dr. John T. Tancredi
Dowling College
ƌ͘
D ĂƌƟŶ ^ĐŚƌĞŝďŵĂŶ
Brooklyn College AREAC
M
essage from
NRPA
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Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŝƟŽŶ
G
ƌĞĞƟŶŐƐ͊
,
ĂƉƉLJƐƉƌŝŶŐ͕
ǁ ĞŚŽƉĞĂů
is well with you and your families.
A brief Recap of the last few months:
NRPA Assisted Protectors of the Pine Oak
Woods with efforts to preserve Crookes
point
t Ğ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĞƐƟĮ ĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞͲ
ƐĞƌǀ Ğ ƚŚĞ ƟĚĂů ǁ ĞƚůĂŶĚƐ Ăƚ dŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŽĨ
great kills harbor
t Ğ ĂƌĞ ƐƐŝƐƟŶŐ ĐůĞĂŶ ŽĐĞĂŶ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ
establish a clean ocean zone
t Ğ ĂƌĞ ǁ ŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁ ŝƚŚ ĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞ ƚŽ ƉƌĞͲ
serve pouch camp, 4 million donated by
Port Authority
Completed Cleanups:
We cleaned up New Creek on Hunter
Ave. in late March with the DEP.
The Conference House clean up on
earth day was successful. We cleaned
over 600 lbs. of garbage off of the
^ŽƵƚŚ WŽůĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĚƌŝŌǁ ŽŽĚ͕
ƉůĂƐͲ
ƟĐ ƐŚĞĞƟŶŐ͕
ďĞǀ ĞƌĂŐĞ ďŽƩ ůĞƐ͕
ĂŶĚ
ϭϭϬƉůĂƐƟĐďĂŐƐ͘
We held a cleanup at Miller Field beach
on April 28th with encouraging help
from Congressman Grimm, Assembly-
woman Malliotakis, Where to Turn, St
WĞƚĞƌƐ͕
ƵƌƟƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƵƐĂŶ t ĂŐŶĞƌ , ŝŐŚ
School students along with Cub Scout
Pack 24.
dŚĞE ZW ĂůƐŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ^ƚ͘
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ĞŽƌŐĞ
ĂLJ ĂƌƚŚ ĂLJΘ ƌƚƐ &ĞƐƟǀ ĂůĂƚ s ŝĐƚŽƌLJ ǀ Ğ͘
and Bay Street in Tompkinsville Park with
the Protectors of Pine Oak Woods and SI
Zoo.
Upcoming events:
May 19th is It’s My Park Day with Part-
nership for Parks at New Dorp Beach.
Please renew your membership in Natural
ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐWƌŽƚĞĐƟǀ Ğ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘
Thank you and we hope to see you soon!
James Scarcella, Trustee
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ƌĞĞƟŶŐƐ
Pg. 1
Rockaway Gas Pipeline
Pg. 2
Destroying Crooke’s Point
Pg. 3
ŽĂůŝƟŽŶƐ
Pg. 4
William T. Davis, SI’s 1
st
Naturalist
Pg.5
Bluefish
Pg. 5
Upcoming Events
Pg. 6