[Announce] Jamaica Bay paddle!

[Erik Baard]

Hi All!
 
Below is the good word from our friends at the Eastern Queens Alliance 
about a new Jamaica Bay boat launch. The NYC Parks and Recreation 
Commissioner for Queens, Dorothy Lewandowski, honored us by 
specifically requesting that we attend and bring boats for shoreline 
paddles in the eastern part of the bay. 

The new kayak launch serves a great corner of marsh grasses, which are 
endangered, with osprey and other beautiful wildlife. There's a strong 
Caribbean residential community nearby, and it's been a struggle to 
gain full access to the water because of the proximity to parkland of 
the JFK airport's security zone.
 
Let's get out there to help them get started and to celebrate! Please 
email erik at licboathouse.org ASAP if you can help. We'll also have an 
afternoon paddle exploration of Jamaica Bay after our public service 
is done.

Let's figure we'll meet at the Anable Cove boathouse (end of 44th 
Drive in Hunters Point) at 9AM, leave by 930AM and shuttle down with 
the trailer in time for the ceremony. We'll be back at the boathouse 
by dinner or so.



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Dear Friends,

We are pleased to announce that on Saturday, September 22, 2007, at 
11:00 AM 
there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Idlewild Park 
Preserve 
Canoe & Kayak launch at the street end just beyond the Huxley Street 
and Craft 
Avenue intersection in Rosedale, New York. This will be the first 
waterfront 
access point in Southeast Queens. It is the result of a collaboration 
between the 
Eastern Queens Alliance and the NYC Dept. of Parks & Reacreation. 
Commissioner Benepe and Queens Commissioner Lewandowski will both be 
speaking.   We hope 
you will join us for this very exciting occasion.

If you have a canoe or kayak (even rowboat) bring it along.  We'll   
be 
getting out on the water after the ceremony.  

All attendees/participants must RSVP to 866 372-4255.


Sincerely,
Barbara E. Brown, Chairperson
Eastern Queens Alliance, Inc.
PO Box 300818
Jamaica, NY 11430
866 372-4255
www.easternqueensalliance.org

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Salty regards,
 
Erik

Erik Baard

http://www.licboathouse.org
http://www.naturecalendar.com
 

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