WETLAND RESTORATION COMPLETED Soundview Park 2011-2012 Soundview Park (with ACE) 3 acre salt marsh 12 acre coastal grassland and forest Pugsley Creek Park 1.3 acre saltmarsh Pelham Bay Park at Tallapoosa and Turlte Cove (with DEC) >3 acres of salt marsh and mudflat Pugsley Creek 2010-2011 (after Superstorm Sandy) Alley Creek, Alley Pond Park (with DEP) 7 acres salt marsh Gerritsen Creek, Marine Park (with ACE) 23 acres salt marsh 20 acres coastal grassland and forest WETLANDS RESTORATION IN PROGRESS In Construction Dreier Offerman Park Coastal Habitat Improvement 2 acres of sandy beach and salt marsh 1.5 acres of coastal maritime uplands In Design Meadow Lake Habitat Restoration Project 1 acre wetland and wet meadow 1 acre forest and shrubland Dreier Offerman shoreline 0.4 acre bioretention basin Spring Creek Habitat Restoration (with ACE) 10-15 acres salt marsh 15-18 acres grassland and forest Sunset Cove Park Restoration 5-7 acres salt marsh Sunset Cove 1-2 acres maritime shrubland and forest restoration concept COASTAL FOREST RESTORATION UPDATES North Brother Island Grant-funded Habitat Restoration • Recently received amendment and extension of DOS grant to 2014 • Active restoration will begin mid-late summer 2013 Impact of Hurricane Sandy • Scouring along north and east shore • New accumulations of debris East of hospital building COASTAL FOREST RESTORATION UPDATES Jamaica Bay Grant-funded Habitat Restoration • Invasive control and removal in Rockaway Community Park, Jamaica Bay Park and Dubos Point • Coastal clean-ups along shoreline through Natural Areas Volunteers Before boardwalk Summer 2012 COASTAL FOREST RESTORATION UPDATES Conference House Park Grant-funded Habitat Restoration • Recently completed second phase • Over the last 6 years, approximately 80 acres of restoration Impact of Hurricane Sandy • Lower Shore overwashed • Impacts to bluffs • Rack and salt in upland areas .