The NYC Department of Transportation would like to warmly invite you to attend an upcoming community workshop to plan the future of the Jamaica Bay Greenway. Following a brief presentation, participants will have the opportunity to ask and answer questions about potential … Continue reading →

October 19, 2013 – 10 volunteers participated in the Blue Street cleanup of Port Richmond Avenue and Richmond Terrace.  Over 3,000 pounds of trash and debris was collected to fill a 20 yard container supplied by Flag Container Service.  Event … Continue reading →

Members of Natural Resources Protective Association, with assistance from students of Our Lady Queen of Peace, teamed to remove over 700 lbs. of debris and garbage from Oakwood (Fox) Beach at the foot of Tarlton Avenue.  The cleanup was sponsored … Continue reading →

Members of Natural Resources Protective Association (NRPA) joined forces a cleanup of Bard Ave. Bluestreet (street end at a waterway, designated for public use by NYC Dept. of Transportation) at Richmond Terrace, on the Kill van Kull on Saturday, August … Continue reading →

Sunday, July 14, 2013 – Members of Natural Resources and Protectors met for a Great Kills harbor walk at the newly renovated Crescent Beach Park shoreline. The two new stone revetments make ideal breakwaters, and serve as kayak and canoe … Continue reading →

Members of NRPA, joined by NYC DEP, cleaned a quarter mile stretch of the New Creek Bluebelt at Hunter Ave, Midland Beach, today.  The team removed over 300 lbs. of trash, and removed about 100 lbs. of Japanese knotweed, which was becoming a traffic hazard.  … Continue reading →

Members and friends of Natural Resources Protective Association met at the Blue Heron Park Nature Center, Annadale.  The group reviewed an application submitted by Parks Dept. to Dept. of Environmental Conservation to build temporary vegetated dunes from Oakwood Beach to … Continue reading →

Members of NRPA, along with students from New Dorp High School, cleaned a quarter mile section of New Dorp Beach.  The Group removed over 800 lbs. of debris, including truck tires, auto parts, driftwood, and household debris.  The team also … Continue reading →

Members of Natural Resources Protective Association, along with students from New Dorp and Susan Wagner High Schools cleaned up a one-acre portion of the DEP New Creek Bluebelt at Seaver Avenue in Dongan Hills.  More than 700 pounds of debris … Continue reading →

Members of Natural Resources Protective Association met at Blue Heron Park Visitors Center, Annadale.  The group discussed the hopeful opening of East and South Shore beaches.  Also, members expressed concerns about possible “upzoning” of vacated coastal zone properties, bringing taller, … Continue reading →