Additional Resources

(Updated April 2025)

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Articles & Reports
 

A Short History of Carl Schurz Park. Carl Schurz Park Conservancy Website Article.
Carl Schurz Park Conservancy.
https://www.carlschurzparknyc.org/the-history-of-the-park

East River Waterfront Dazzles. Take a Virtual Tour. Kimmelman, Michael. New York
Times. April 8, 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/arts/east-river-virtual-tour-virus.html

Explore the East River. Hunter’s Point Park Website Article. July 20, 2020.
https://www.hunterspointparks.org/hppc-blog/2020/7/10/learn-about-the-east-river

History of the East River: New York City’s Tidal Estuary and its Impact on Urban
Development in Pictures. History 101.NYC. Website Article.
https://www.history101.nyc/places/east-river 

New York City East River Fish Species Inventory and Emergence of a Unique Fish
Community Science Network. Park, Peter J. et al.
https://www.eaglehill.us/urna-pdfs-regular/urna-038-Park.pdf

New York City’s Environmental Progress of the East River Amid Dolphin Siting.  
Logan, Jonathan. 
The Pace Press.  4/15/21 
https://thepacepress.org/6714/news/new-york-citys-environmental-progress-of-the-east-river-amid-dolphin-siting/

Oysters Will Save New York. New York Times Video Article. Howard, Hillary.
December 1, 2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/01/nyregion/oysters-new-york-city-environment.html

 
Watching for the Buffleheads.
Nimura, Janice P.

The Morning News. 2/23/11
https://themorningnews.org/article/watching-for-the-buffleheads/

 
Whale spotted in NYC's East River this week, Coast Guard says. Kreigstein, Brittany.
Gothamist Website article. Nove 26, 2024.
https://gothamist.com/news/whale-spotted-in-nycs-east-river-this-week-coast-guard-says

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

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Steinberg, Ted. Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York.

​Educational Resources
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New York Harbor Estuary Species Identification Guide. 
Billion Oyster Project and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation/Hudson River
Estuary Program.  2021
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c5604249b8fe80245a0d052/t/60c3cc5c691cd51fbd4d8780/1623444583203/Species+ID+Guide_June+2021.pdf
 
‘Oyster Anatomy’
Billion Oyster Project. 
Video. 2020. 5:31
https://youtu.be/gQ4kSU2vVBc
 

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Films & Videos

 

‘Billion Oyster Project @ Submerge 2021’
Billion Oyster Project. 2021. 6:50.
https://youtu.be/0iPmgs-fn14
‘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
https://youtu.be/t9oUGWuKRwg

‘How Billion Oyster Project Will Save New York's Waterways | One Small Step’
Now This Earth. 2022? 7:22
https://youtu.be/3b9qlDi9c7k

‘How One Group Is Restoring Thousands of Oysters to New York Harbor.’
Insider Tech. 2020? 3:14
https://youtu.be/Vau_CD8NmUY

‘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/

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Organizations & Websites
 

Billion Oyster Project
https://www.billionoysterproject.org
 
East River Ichthyological Alliance

https://www.google.com/search?q=East+River+Ichthyological+Alliance&oq=East+River+Ichthyological+Alliance&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBBzMxNWowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. See Parks.
https://www.nycgovparks.org/

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Waterways Program.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/dep/water/nyc-waterways.page

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Riverkeeper.  Restore and Protect New York’s Waterways.

https://www.riverkeeper.org/campaigns/restore-nyc-waterways/

World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org

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