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Upcoming Events


Public Information Meetings on Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan
Description: A series of meetings will be held to introduce the Comprehensive Restoration Plan to the public and provide an opportunity for stakeholders of each Planning Region to identify potential restoration actions that could implement the goals of the overall plan in their community. This information will aid in the revision and further development of the Plan and will help tailor the plan to meet local needs and opportunities.

The Estuary ecosystem has been degraded from centuries of industrialization and urbanization. This Plan provides the framework for an estuary-wide restoration. Restoring the Estuary will create a mosaic of habitats—where nature and people coexist and where the environment and economy receive balanced consideration—providing us with all the benefits the estuary can offer striving to be a World Class Estuary.

Dates & Locations:

• Jamaica Bay Planning Region: May 20, 2010 (day Session: 3–5 PM, evening Session: 6–8 PM). Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, Cross Bay Boulevard, Queens, New York. (718) 318-4340.

•  Newark Bay, Hackensack River and Lower Passaic River Planning Region: June 3, 2010 (day Session: 3:30–5:30 PM, evening Session: 6:30–8:30 PM). Meadowlands Environment Center Auditorium, 1 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, NJ. (201) 460-1700

• Upper Bay Planning Region: June 17, 2010 (day Session: 2–4 PM, evening Session: 6–8 PM). Liberty State Park Terminal Auditorium, Morris Pesin Drive, Jersey City, NJ. (201) 915-3440

Organizer: US Army Corps of Engineers, the Port Authority of New York, and the New Jersey New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program.
For More Information: www.harborestuary.org/watersweshare.
Comments: All facilities are fully accessible to persons with disabilities. Additional meetings will be scheduled within the other Planning Regions.

All Club Invitational
Description: A gathering of Human -powered boaaters on Jamaica Bay. FREE EVENT Join us for the day and take a guided trip on the bay or explore it yourself.
Date: Saturday July 17th 10am-5pm rain or shine
Location: Sebago Canoe Club 1400 Paerdegat Ave North Brooklyn, NY 11236
Organizer: Sebago Canoe Club
For More Information: allclub@sebagocanoeclub.org

UDEC ENVIROMEDIA MOBILE- Spring/Summer Events in Waterfront Environmental Recreation & Maritime
Description: Follow The ENVIROMEDIA MOBILE- the amazing traveling NATURE and MARITIME museum on wheels for fun spring/summer weekends in environmental literacy and maritime cultural enrichment to a waterfront near you.  This unique mobile museum also travels to schools, afterschool programs, community centers, day camps and community events.
Date and Time: April 18th through Sept 12th
Location: IKEA/Erie Basin Park, Bensonhurst Park, and other locations upstream and downstream of the estuary
Organizer: The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy
For More Information: For more info and to download a complete detailed calendar of events visit enviromediamobile.blogspot.com; Phone: 347-224-5828

Hudson River Foundation Winter/Spring Seminars 2010
Description: A seminar series on scientific issues related to the environmental quality and resource management of the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary
Date: March 2, March 24, May 4, June 1 at 10:30 am
Location: Hudson River Foundation, 17 Battery Place, Suite 915, New York, NY 10004
Organizer: Sponsored by the Hudson River Foundation in cooperation with the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program
For More Information: www.hudsonriver.org, 212-483-7667 or info@hudsonriver.org.
Comments: Seating is limited. Please RSVP to 212-483-7667 or info@hudsonriver.org.

Vision 2020: The New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
Public workshops
Description: NYC Department of City Planning will be holding public workshops in May and June in each borough to present an overview of each Borough’s waterfront resources and to discuss the future of specific waterfront sites. At these workshops, City Planning will present an overview of the borough’s waterfront resources and existing uses. We’ll then break into small groups to discuss particular segments of the Borough’s waterfront, what we refer to as Reaches. For each reach the groups will discuss opportunities and challenges for the future of specific sites along the waterfront. We’re also holding a sixth public meeting to discuss the Blue Network and other citywide issues.
Dates and Locations:
- Bronx: May 12, 2010, 6-8:30 pm. Hostos Community College, Savoy Building, 120 East 149th Street, Bronx
- Brooklyn: May 17, 2010, 6-8:30 pm. Brooklyn Technical High School, Dekalb Ave. & S. Elliot Pl, Brooklyn
- Queens: June 2, 2010, 6-8:30 pm. York College, Health and Physical Education Building, 160-02 Liberty Avenue, Jamaica
- Manhattan: June 8, 2010, 6-8:30 pm. Murry Bergtraum High School, 411 Pearl St. Manhattan
- “Blue Network”/Citywide issues: June 23, 2010, 6-8:30 pm. P.S. 234, The Independence School, 292 Greenwich St., Manhattan
- Staten Island: June 28, 2010, 6-8:30 pm. Wagner College, Spiro Hall, One Campus Road, Staten Island
Organizer: NYC Department of City Planning
For More Information: Emily Eggington, eegginton@waterfrontalliance.org or www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/cwp/index.shtml

Subway Reefs... Sea Turtles on the 7
Description: Subway Reefs... Seas Turtles on the 7" In 2001 the MTA retired its fleet of Redbird subway cars. It gave the trains to states on the Atlantic coast to serve as artificial reefs for fish. The program has been successful in supporting the web of undersea life and attracts game fish, which in turn draws sport fishermen and scuba divers to the reefs. New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia have “reefed” about 1,000 subway cars in all from the MTA. Come hear Bob Martore, the Artificial Reef Manager from South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources explain how subway cars help provide homes for marine life.
Date: Monday, May 17 at 7 pm
Location: St. Jean Community Center 76th street and Lexington Ave. Event Organizer: NYC H2O
For More Information: Matthew Malina, mm1566@nyu.edu
Comments: Tickets $15 in advance at http://subwayreefs.eventbrite.com / $20 at the door

MWA Recreation Task Force Meeting
Description: For too many generations the waterfront has been neglected by government and inaccessible to the public. This has had a significant cost to quality of life to millions of people, the enviroment, the competitiveness of the region, and to the reputation of the our waterfront world-wide. Today, nearly 400 groups stand united to ensure the vision of the Waterfront Action Agenda is carried out.
We call upon citizenry and friends of the waterfront to understand the issues outlined in the Waterfront Action Agenda and tell your legislators we will no longer accept a waterfront walled off for the few. We call upon civic and political leaders to understand these issues and make all short and long-term policy and infrastructure decisions support the goals of the Waterfront Action Agenda.
Date and Time: Wed. May 19th at 10:30AM-12:30PM or 6:00PM-8:00PM
Location: Seaman's Church Institute at 241 Water Street, 1st Fl. Gallery
Organizer: Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
For More Information: Emily Eggington, eegginton@waterfrontalliance.org

Ocean Fun Days
Description: Join the NJ Marine Sciences Consortium/NJ Sea Grant (NJMSC/NJSG), New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) and NJ DOT Office of Maritime Resources (NJDOT OMR) for Ocean Fun Days from 11:00am-3:00pm. Free admission includes parking, nature tours, activities for children, educational displays and much more.
Dates and Locations: May 22 at Island Beach State Park & May 23 at Sandy Hook (both 11am-3pm)
Organizer: Rosemary Higgins, NJ Marine Sciences Consortium/NJ Sea Grant
For More Information: 732-872-1300 x 19, www.njmsc.org/oceanfunday.html
Comments: Free Event  Rain or Shine


4th Passaic River Institute Symposium. Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Description: FOURTH PASSAIC RIVER SYMPOSIUM The goal of the s ymposium is to discuss all aspects of environmental issues relevant to the Passaic River Basin. The "Lower Passaic River Restoration Project" will be prominently featured.
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, Abstract submittal deadline: March 10, 2010
Location: Montclair State University Conference Center, 1 Normal Ave., Montclair, NJ Symposium web site:www.csam.montclair.edu/pri/conferences
Organizer: Organized by the Passaic River Institute of Montclair State University
For more information: www.primsu.org; pri@montclair.edu; 973-655-5423
Comments: To submit abstracts and to register, visit www.csam.montclair.edu/pri/conferences

International Symposium on Sustainability Science: The Emerging Paradigm and the Urban Environment
Description: Humankind does not live sustainably. Resources are extracted from the ecosystems that surround us faster than they can be replaced. These actions threaten the very life support systems that sustain us. A new paradigm for research, informed decision-making and development of science-based policy will be required at the very heart of the sustainability transition to reverse these non-sustainable trends. Leading international scientists, policy makers and decision makers will convene in a forum to address the sustainability challenge in seven thematic areas built around the emergence of sustainability science as a transdisciplinary tool to address sustainability issues.
Date: Oct 25-27, 2010
Location: Montclair State University
Organizer: Dr. Michael Weinstein
For more information: Michael P. Weinstein, PhD; Director, Institute for Sustainability Studies 973-655-3037, weinsteinmi@mail.montclair.edu

Family Walk - In and Kids Day at the Harlem River Ecology Center and Hudson River North Marine Station
Dates: Every Sat and Sun 1pm- 6pm
Description: The urban nature center offers family environmental education through recreation activities and cultural enrichment program every weekend, as well as offers fieldtrip opportunities to schools.
Location: Harlem River Ecology Center is located at the southern end of Roberto Clemente State Park, NYC Bridge Park and River Park Towers; just north of the historic High Bridge, now in restoration.
Organizer: The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy
For more information: harlemriver.udec@gmail.com, 347-224-5828

Coast Day NJ
Description: Want to learn more about the New Jersey coast? Come to COAST DAY NJ on Sunday October 10 at the Lobster House in Cape May.  The day will feature eco-tours, touch tanks, research demonstrations, boat & dock tours, maritime music, “please touch” exhibits, children's activities and much more. Best of all, it’s free.  
Date and Time: October 10, 2010 11am-4pm
Location: Cape May
Organizer: COAST DAY NJ, A Celebration of the Sea is a project of the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/New Jersey Sea Grant and the NJ Department of Transportation Office of Maritime Resources.
For more information: 732-872-1300 x 19, NJMSC/NJSG’s Web site, www.njmsc.org/CoastDay.html.
Comments: Free Event Rain or Shine

James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory Seminar Series
Dates: Mostly on 2nd Thursday of each month @ 3 PM
Description: The seminars focus on diverse topics related to the marine sciences.Click here for a complete list of past and future speakers.
Location: Sandy Hook, New Jersey. For directions, click here.
Organizer: NOAA-NMFS-NEFSC James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory Seminar Series Committee
For more information: Ashok Deshpande, ashok.deshpande@noaa.gov, 732-872-3043
Comments: Visitors are asked to please sign in (provide picture ID) with the receptionist before the seminar.

New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program • 290 Broadway, 24th Floor • New York, NY 10007-1866
Phone: 212-637-3816 • Fax: 212-637-3889 • E-mail: info@harborestuary.org