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Post Office Box 050328
Staten Island, NY 10305
718-873-4291
WƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ
Fall 2013
džĞĐƵƟǀ Ğ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ
Ida Sanoff
Recording Secretary
Membership
Richard Chan
Treasurer
John Malizia
&
ŝƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ͛
Ɛ ŽŶƐĞƌǀ ĂƟŽŶ
ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ
Environmental Coordinator
Keith Jacobsen
North Shore Community
ŽĂůŝƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ŷǀ ŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů
:
ƵƐƟĐĞ
East Shore Coordinator
ŽŵŝŶŝĐ ĞŶĂƟĞŵƉŽ
Trustees
Charles Perry
Protectors of Pine Oak
Woods
Tony Rose
Staten Island Sport Divers
Jim Scarcella
NRPA
Friends Of Clearwater
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D ĂƌƟŶ ^ĐŚƌĞŝďŵĂŶ
Brooklyn College AREAC
Dr. John T. Tancredi
Dowling College
Andrew Willner
NY/NJ Baykeeper (Ret)
Cindy Zipf
ůĞĂŶ KĐĞĂŶ ĐƟŽŶ
/
Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŝƟŽŶ
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ƌĞĞƟŶŐƐ͊
We hope that you have had a safe and
enjoyable summer.
t ĞĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ŽƵƌƐŚŽƌĞůŝŶĞĐůĞĂŶ ƵƉƐ͕
removing tons of trash from several
ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘
/
Ĩ LJŽƵ ǁ ŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ
ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ͕
ǁ Ğ ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ ĐůĞĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ
of Port Richmond Ave. in the coming
weeks. If you would like to spend an
ĞŶũŽLJĂďůĞ ĚĂLJ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ǁ ŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů
people and doing something good for
the shoreline, please join us! For
ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕
ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ :ŝŵ
Scarcella at
nrpa2@aol.com
We are also planning our “36 Years of
ůƵĞ͟
ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ŽŶ
December 3, 2013. Honorees are
New York State Assemblywoman
E ŝĐŽůĞ D ĂůŝŽƚĂŬŝƐ͕
ůĞŶ WƌĂƩ ĨƌŽŵ
Protectors of the Pine Oak Woods and
Chris Williams of Williams Eye Works.
&
Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕
ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ
Richie
Chan
at
gonefishing287@earthlink.net
.
As you know, NRPA is involved in
numerous shoreline, marine, parkland
and open space issues.
We are
currently reviewing the Gateway
Management Plan and we will be
ƐƵďŵŝƫ ŶŐ ĨŽƌŵĂů ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ͘
t Ğ ĂƌĞ
Į ŐŚƟŶŐ Ă ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ůŝƋƵĞĮ ĞĚ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůŐĂƐ
(
LNG) terminal off the coast of Long
Beach, Long Island and are reviewing
ǁ ĞƚůĂŶĚ ƉĞƌŵŝƚ ĂĐƟǀ ŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ^ƚĂƚĞŶ /ƐůĂŶĚ͘
^ŽŵĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ďĂĐŬ͕
ŽƵƌ ůĂƚĞ džĞĐƵƟǀ Ğ
Director, Kerry Sullivan, became involved
in a plan to clean up two contaminated
Brooklyn landfills and convert them into
parkland. We are happy to say that not
only have the landfills been remediated,
but they are well on their way to
becoming prime bird habitat. Two tours
of these old landfills, now renamed Penn
Fountain Park, will be held in the next few
ǁ ĞĞŬƐ͘
&
Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ
tours, please contact Ida Sanoff at
isanoff@aol.com
.
Finally, a cleaner shoreline is up to all of
us. Please remember that Clean Streets =
Clean Beaches. Trash dropped on city
streets washes into our waterways via
ƐƚŽƌŵ ĚƌĂŝŶƐ͘
dƌĂƐŚ ůĞŌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌĞůŝŶĞ
harms marine organisms.
Discarded
fishing line and hooks kills shorebirds. We
are all stewards of the environment!
M
essage from
NRPA:
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ƌĞĞƟŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ E ZW
Pg. 1
Community Forum at Staten Island Imagines
Pg. 2
A Shoreline Journey – Crescent Beach North
Pg. 2
A Shoreline Journey – Crescent Beach North
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Say NO! To LNG
Pg. 3
A Shoreline Journey –
ƚŚĞ ůŝŌŽŶ ^ŚŽƌĞůŝŶĞ
Pg. 4
Water Quality at Local Beaches
Pg. 5
A Shoreline Journey – Oakwood Beach
Pg. 5
Community Garden
Pg. 6
A Closer Look At Shoreline Boardwalks
Pg. 6
Bluebelt Cleanup on June 1, 2013
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>ĞƩ ĞƌƚŽ ŽŶ ŚĂƌůĞƐƚŽŶ ĞŶƚƌĞ
Pg. 8
Bard Ave. Cleanup on August 17, 2013
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Fox Beach Cleanup on September 14, 2013 Pg. 8
Upcoming Events
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In Memory of Edward “Kerry” Sullivan