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Blackwall island planting project
2. Jamaica Bay Ecowatcher’s and American Littoral
Society
NYS DEC
ACOE
NYC DEP
National Park Service
4. Began with Sand Placement in Summer 2012
Two islands recreated by ACOE with sand placed to appropriate
elevations
Fall of 2012 Seed Collection by volunteers
Spring/Summer of 2013 volunteers and youth work corps planted
86,000 spartina plugs on Rulers bar-12 Acres
Blackwall Island seeded –16 Acres
18. Extremely successful to date
Grow out throughout entire island
Future Projects can see Plugs can be planted on greater distances
Planting of Plugs reduced from $2.25 per plug to $1.00 per plug
Survived worst icing event in ten years
19. Experiment
Effort to reduce cost
Entire 16 acres seeded
Transport of Equipment a Challenge
22. Initially assessed in April 2014
Second assessment with the Environmental Firm in Late May 2014
No growth noted over the 16 acres
Similar results were reported for Adjacent Yellow Bar Island
Agreement Reached for Environmental Firm to Procure 40,00 plugs
Ecowatchers and Littoral Society would plant
23. Volunteers
Restoration Corps
Local Youth Employment Groups
Plant 35,000 Plugs
Expand Planting Footprints to 3-4 foot on center
Funding obtained by NYC DEP and NYS DEC
29. Corporate/Non-Profit Partners
Corporate/Non-Profit Partners
NYC Audubon
Google
HarborLAB
Mitsui
Sony
Georgia TAP
Aveda
Bloomberg
Estee Lauder
Green Teens
Hour Children
Citizen’s Committee for NY
NY Cares
FDNY Youth
NYC Parks Resiliency Corps
38. Hired Local Youth to Plant Plugs
Ecowatchers Transported all plugs out and workers to the island at
no cost
Change from per hour to per plug payment method
Further Reduced Cost from initial $2.25 per plug (environmental
firm) to $1.00 per plug for Rulers to $.25 per plug for Blackwall
43. SEEDING AT THIS TIME DOES NOT APPEAR A VIABLE OPTION
BOTH ISLANDS GREAT MODEL FOR FUTURE PROJECTS
COSTS BROUGHT DOWN GREATLY FROM INITIAL PROJECTS
ISLANDS ARE ALREADY CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECOLOGY OF
THE BAY
ISLANDS ARE ALSO REDUCING GREATLY NORTHWEST
FETCH DAMAGE TO THE ISLAND OF BROAD CHANNEL
AGENCIES PARTNERING WITH NON PROFITS AND UTILIZING
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS YOUTH GROUPS