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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Do you remember Marielle Anzelone of the native plant garden in NYC's Union Square?
Native Plant Garden, Union Square Park - a set on Flickr Well she has an article in the Huffington Post Marielle Anzelone: 2011 Is Five-Borough Year of Biodiversity calling for the revision of PlaNYC to include a plan for nature and biodiversity that will take the lead in urban biodiversity action and awareness. Quote:
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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That sounds promising. Thanks for sharing.
Wouldn't it be wonderful for people to realize there is wildlife even in such places as NYC--even I didn't realize how much until a certain member here mentioned it. Hopefully people will embrace bringing more nature (native plants and the wildlife they attract) to urban areas. ![]()
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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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Some of the best birding can be found in Central Park. When I've been there, I couldn't believe the diversity! I saw a boreal owl there several winters ago!!
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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That makes me smile. I think most people assume cities have little or now wildlife.
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"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Here is something I didn't know about New York's park system.
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Dapjwy
When you think about our species need for exercise and sunshine for optimum physical health, and the benefits to our mental health found in green spaces with a variety of wildlife, then add in ecosystem services, it only makes sense for urban centers to prioritize biodiversity awareness and action. Of course not everyone agrees with this and the less people interact with the other species on this planet the harder it is to get them to look at the evidence. I'm optimistic even with evidence to the contrary that change will come as understanding spreads out through our culture. |
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Bridget1964, I once spent and entire day walking Central Park in New York City. The birds and other wildlife there are many and New Yorkers seem proud of this. There was a crowd gathering below a hawk perched in a tree. He seemed oblivious to those beneath his gaze.
More information about NYC and nature... New Yorkers For Parks - The Natural Areas Initiative Quote:
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Check out page 13 of the Van Cortlandt Park 2006. |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia
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"Leading the way" might be a bit over-stated, but they do have many active groups of natural area supporters. I roamed all of the Staten Island Greenbelt throughout the '90's, and my 'biodiversity awareness' was awakened in those years. As you would expect in an urban area, invasives were everywhere.
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
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Salamander
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North Bergen / Cliffside Park New Jersey
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a while back, when I was working in NYU, I used to walk through Washington Sq every morning.
There was a couple of times when I saw an eagle, which I regret to say I can only describe "massive" perched in one of the trees. Normally I wouldn't be looking in the trees on the way in, but the total pandemonium and general outrage of the rest of the animals in the place seemed to suggest something was seriously up. There is quite a bit of life where I live now. I live on the cliffs overlooking the Hudson. There is a green belt along this cliff, called The Palisades, which a fair amount of wildlife seems to traverse. |
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