Salazar and Gonzalez announce $500,000 for the group working to bring life back to Newtown Creek
Blue crabs, fish and waterfowl have returned to a creek once fouled by a 17 to 30 million gallon underground oil spill and a Superfund site, the senators' statement says. They present the check to the Newtown Creek Alliance at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Newtown Creek Nature Walk on Greenpoint Avenue.
Salazar and Gonzalez announce $500,000 for the group working to bring life back to Newtown Creek
Blue crabs, fish and waterfowl have returned to a creek once fouled by a 17 to 30 million gallon underground oil spill and a Superfund site, the senators' statement says. They present the check to the Newtown Creek Alliance at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Newtown Creek Nature Walk on Greenpoint Avenue.
State Senators Julia Salazar and Kristen Gonzalez are announcing $500,000 in state funding for the Newtown Creek Alliance on Monday, at a check presentation at the Newtown Creek Nature Walk at 329 Greenpoint Ave. in Greenpoint.
The money is going to the community-based group that works to restore, reveal and revitalize Newtown Creek, the 3.5-mile industrial waterway that forms part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens. The event runs from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
The Newtown Creek Alliance has worked since 2002 to bring life back to the creek by cutting pollution and restoring its ecological function, according to the senators’ statement. Signs of recovery have followed: blue crabs can be found at the mouth of the creek, fish swim in its waters and waterfowl are common, the statement said, and wetland plants are spreading over abandoned bulkheads and sediment piles.
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