Friends of Jamaica Bay

Volunteers Needed! Community Marsh Planting Day in Jamaica Bay Saturday June 9th, 2018 11-4 PM... Please join us for a community-led planting and restoration day on Black Wall Marsh island in Jamaica Bay. For the fifth year, we are teaming up with the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers to organize a day of planting plugs of spartina alterniflora (marsh grass) and clearing debris as part of our Marsh Restoration Initiative, the first-ever community led marsh restoration project in a National Park. Advance registration required. For registration and more information, click here: https://volunteermarshplanting2018.eventbrite.com Meet at 11 AM at our office, American Littoral Society, 28 West 9th Road, Broad Channel, NY 11693. We hope you can join us and help our restoration efforts in Jamaica Bay!

Join us for a family friendly day celebrating our parks with Kayaking, Fish casting, Games, Nature encounters and more! At Bayswater Park (Beach 32nd street and Beach Channel Drive). Saturday June 16, 10-12 pm. It will be a great event to engage kids and adults alike! Free. ]

This morning Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, Billion Oyster Project and the American Littoral Society - Northeast Chapter welcomed over 30 third grade s...tudents from PS 104, Far Rockaway, to the #JamaicaBay shoreline to test water quality, examine fiddler crabs, look for birds, learn about the importance of wetlands and the important role #oysters play as a keystone species in the bay. #FarRockaway See more