Bronx Council for Environmental Quality

Your chance to Participate in Government

Participate in Government – Send Comments and/or Attend Meetings

• Save Wetlands – follow the Riverkeeper’s letter writing campaign DUE BY 4/15/19 
• https://secure3.convio.net/river/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=567

• The BIG WALL is coming. Come to the meeting that the Army Corps of Engineerings are holding – NYNJHAT.
•  https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Projects-in-New-York/New-York-New-Jersey-Harbor-Tributaries-Focus-Area-Feasibility-Study/
• LAST MEETING 4/17/19 from 5-7 pm Location: Hostos Community College, D Building/Savoy Manor Building, 120 East 149th St, 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY.
  • NEW Rebuilt Wetlands Can Protect Shorelines Better Than Walls – Fortified wetlands can protect shorelines better than hard structures, By Rowan Jacobsen on April 1, 2019 – https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rebuilt-wetlands-can-protect-shorelines-better-than-walls/
  • Check our web page for updates and sample comments.

EXTENDED TO MAY/JUNE – CHECK LATER

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