Video Why Salt Marshes Matter. Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
Why Salt Marshes Matter. Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
CUNY students and NNYN Naturalist David Rosane explore coastal salt marshes of Spartina grass in Pelham Bay Park. Numerous clams, Ribbed mussels and Blue Crabs, some of the many denizens of the marsh, can be found here at low tide. Salt marshes are home to 75% of all our marine fish; they reduce the impact of storm surges; they filter our water. One acre of marsh is sufficient to cleanse all grey water produced by NYC in a day.
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Signed art prints donated by three extraordinary artists are available for purchase in our art prints store, to support the programs we are engaged in. The prints include, among others, "Last Turn Your Turn" created by Robert Rauschenberg for the Earth Summit, Christo sketches of "The Gates,” a public art event by Christo and his wife Jeanne Claude that drew millions to Central Park, and "Manifest Destiny," by Alexis Rockman, showing New York City underwater in the future as a result of climate change.