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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03082023/swindler-cove-northern-manhattan-coastline-restoration/>
"When the New York Restoration Project first started working in the late 1990s
to clean the unnamed shoreline along the Harlem River in northern Manhattan,
the intertidal mudflat and wetlands weren’t just a neglected area, but a former
illegal dumping ground.
How the cove, the largest wetland left in Manhattan, has become a bountiful
greenspace where migrating birds, crabs, tadpoles and toads are all thriving,
despite the existential threat posed by climate change in shoreline
communities, is a story of robust community involvement and skillful coastline
management by the New York Restoration Project (NYRP), the parks nonprofit
created 28 years ago by Bette Midler, the singer, actress and activist.
“Even though it’s got this terrible legacy of fossil fuel emissions and
pollution and neglect,” said Jason Smith, referring to an old Con Edison
coal-burning power plant across the river, “it’s still got wonderful
environmental benefits. And so we want to be really thoughtful about how to
work in the space.” Smith is the NYRP’s director of northern parks."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
