{"id":13269,"date":"2013-04-30T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=13269"},"modified":"2013-04-29T19:30:21","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T19:30:21","slug":"six-months-since-superstorm-sandy-battered-but-showing-signs-of-life-jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2013\/04\/30\/six-months-since-superstorm-sandy-battered-but-showing-signs-of-life-jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Months Since Superstorm Sandy &#8211; Battered But Showing Signs of Life &#8211; Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/queens\/west-pond-jamaica-bay.png?resize=580%2C486\" width=\"580\" height=\"486\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Maps &#8211; Before Sandy<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/queens\/jamaica-bay-west-pond.jpg?resize=580%2C326\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This weekend, my mother and I took a look at the southern trail going west around the West Pond, which now has been reshaped into a tidal inlet by Hurricane Sandy. There is now need for a gondola ferry service. \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/storms.ngs.noaa.gov\/storms\/sandy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2013\/JBWR11_3NOAA-978x1024.jpg?resize=580%2C607\" width=\"580\" height=\"607\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">November 3, 2012 &#8211; NOAA image<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>An aerial view after Superstorm Sandy shows the breach to the West Pond. Salt water now pours into the pond, endangering the habitat for wildlife, including snapping turtles, muskrats and migrating birds. The National Park Service is mulling ways to restore a portion of the pond as freshwater. &#8211; Lisa Colangelo &#8211; NY DAILY NEWS<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/queens\/jamaica-bay-osprey.jpg?resize=580%2C1113\" width=\"580\" height=\"1113\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Osprey mating pair in nest \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/queens\/jamaica-bay-pines.jpg?resize=580%2C1031\" width=\"580\" height=\"1031\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pines damaged by the salt water \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/queens\/jamaica-bay-waterfowl.jpg?resize=580%2C440\" width=\"580\" height=\"440\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Egret mating pair \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/queens\/jamaica-bay-bloom.jpg?resize=580%2C326\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/queens\/jamaica-bay-blossom.jpg?resize=580%2C1031\" width=\"580\" height=\"1031\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/gate\/planyourvisit\/map_jbu.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Maps of Jamaica Bay Wildllife Refuge<\/a> need to be redrawn.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/queens\/bird-eye-view-sandy-fury-article-1.1258060\" target=\"_blank\">Bird&#8217;s Eye View of Sandy&#8217;s Fury<\/a> &#8211; Lisa Colangelo &#8211; NYDaily News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycaudubon.org\/?tag=hurricanesandy&amp;option=com_wordpress&amp;Itemid=224\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Audubon Society<\/a> &#8211; tagged Hurricane Sandy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An aerial view after Superstorm Sandy shows the breach to the West Pond. Salt water now pours into the pond, endangering the habitat for wildlife, including snapping turtles, muskrats and migrating birds. 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