The East River & Carl Schurz Park
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Additional Resources
Videos & Films
‘Billion Oyster Project @ Submerge 2021’
Billion Oyster Project. 2021. 6:50.
‘Dolphins in the East River’.
ABC News. 3/24/21
https://abc7ny.com/dolphin-east-river-brooklyn-greenpoint/10443879/
‘Fighting Climate Change with 1 Billion Oysters’
Munchies. 2021? 7:42
‘How Billion Oyster Project Will Save New York's Waterways | One Small Step’
Now This Earth. 2022? 7:22
‘How One Group Is Restoring Thousands of Oysters to New York Harbor.’
Insider Tech. 2020? 3:14
‘The Lost and Future Wildlife of New York City’s East River’ with Ethan Freedman
Scienceline. 4/8/21. 7:47.
https://scienceline.org/2021/04/the-lost-and-future-wildlife-of-new-york-citys-east-river/
Organizations & Websites
Billion Oyster Project
https://www.billionoysterproject.org
Riverkeeper. Restore and Protect New York’s Waterways.
https://www.riverkeeper.org/campaigns/restore-nyc-waterways/
Educational Resources
New York Harbor Estuary Species Identification Guide.
Billion Oyster Project and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation/Hudson River Estuary Program. 2021
‘Oyster Anatomy’.
Billion Oyster Project.
Video. 2020. 5:31
Seining for Unusual Visitors in the East River.
Brooklyn Bridge Park.
10/16/18
Articles & Reports
New York City’s Environmental Progress of the East River Amid Dolphin Siting.
Logan, Jonathan.
The Pace Press. 4/15/21
Watching for the Buffleheads.
Nimura, Janice P.
The Morning News. 2/23/11
https://themorningnews.org/article/watching-for-the-buffleheads/
Why an Oyster Comeback Would Benefit NYC.
Nagaraj, Shiva.
The Morning News. 2/7/22.
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/why-an-oyster-comeback-would-benefit-nyc
Books
Steinberg, Ted. Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York.
Simon and Schuster. 2014.