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Blackwall island planting project
Jamaica Bay Ecowatcher’s and American Littoral 
Society 
NYS DEC 
ACOE 
NYC DEP 
National Park Service
Blackwall island planting project
 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
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Rulers Bar Island May 2014
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
 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
 Experiment 
 Effort to reduce cost 
 Entire 16 acres seeded 
 Transport of Equipment a Challenge
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
 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
 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
Restoration through Community Partnerships 
• Community-based volunteers 
• Youth Engagement
Community Planting Days
• Over 600 volunteers participated
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
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
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Restoration Corps Youth Group
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
Blackwall island planting project
 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 

BLACKWALL ISLAND---LATE AUGUST 
2014
Blackwall island planting project
BLACK WALL ISLAND—SEPTEMBER 10 2014
NORTH SIDE OF BLACK WALL ISLAND SEPTMEBER 2014
 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
OSPREY HUNTING OVER THE NEW ISLANDS

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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
  • 15. Rulers Bar Island May 2014
  • 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
  • 24. Restoration through Community Partnerships • Community-based volunteers • Youth Engagement
  • 26. • Over 600 volunteers participated
  • 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 
  • 42. NORTH SIDE OF BLACK WALL ISLAND SEPTMEBER 2014
  • 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
  • 44. OSPREY HUNTING OVER THE NEW ISLANDS