NYC Audubon is working to protect wild birds in Staten Island, whether they are residents or just passing through.

With the help of members like you, in 2009 alone we:

• Planted trees at Mount Loreto Park through the TogetherGreen initiative. Monitored waterbirds on Hoffman and Swinburne Islands, attaching color bands and radio transmitters to herons and cormorants to track their movements and habitat use in the harbor.
• Studied harbor heron foraging behavior at Clay Pit Ponds State Park, Lemon Creek, Goethals, and Staten Island Lakes.
• Surveyed Kill van Kull and Prall’s Island to track their recovery from the Asian longhorn beetle outbreak in 2008.
• Erected a chimney swift tower at Clay Pit Ponds State Park (in cooperation with New York State Parks, National Audubon, and Audubon New York).
• Advocated for increased mitigation zones for the Goethals Bridge construction project, to minimize habitat degradation and fragmentation.
• Petitioned the DEC not to issue construction permits in wetland buffer zones adjacent to Arden Heights Woods Preserve
• Continued to pursue the formal transfer of Arlington Cove Marsh from the City’s Economic Development Department to the Parks Department.

That’s a long list—and that’s just in Staten Island!

Each year our conservation and education initiatives reach out to more than 20,000 New Yorkers in all five boroughs. Now we are reaching out to you. As a member of NYC Audubon, you know we cannot carry out our work alone. We rely on partner organizations, committed volunteers, and dedicated donors like you.

To contribute to NYC Audubon’s efforts in Staten Island and across NYC's five boroughs, please visit NYC Audubon's Secure Donation Page.

NYC Audubon's projects in Staten Island are a collaborative effort with numerous non-profit organizations and government agencies including the American Littoral Society, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the National Park Service. NYC Audubon's conservation programs are made possible by the support of NYC Audubon's members and individual contributors as well as the leadership support of the Leon Levy Foundation.