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Stakeholder Profile: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)

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Region 2 serves the needs of the 5 boroughs of New York City. The Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources manages the Jamaica Bay ecosystem to minimize hazards to aviation and serves as a member of the John F. Kennedy airport (JFK) Task Force whose mission is to protect aviation from wildlife hazards. DEC is also conducting a tidal wetlands trends analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of the state's tidal wetlands program.

Activities/Projects:

Principal Investigator	Title	Start Date	Stop Date	Purpose
Julia Brischler	Juvenile Striped Bass study.	1/1/2003	12/31/2007	(1) Tag and release striped bass of various age classes. (2) Estimate annual survival rates by age for ages 1, 2, and older Striped Bass. (3) Develop an index of relative abundance for yearling Striped Bass, to be included in the coast-wide virtual population analysis. (4) Develop an index of relative abundance for YOY Striped Bass as a way to examine possible expansion of YOY nursery area. (5) Obtain information on the biological characteristics of Striped Bass. (6) Examine relative abundance of other resource species.
Kim McKown	Fisheries Investigations in Jamaica Bay, N.Y.	2/1/2002	3/31/2002	Investigating habitat use by young-of-the-year Striped Bass, including examination of invertebrates and Bluefish interactions.
Kim McKown	Juvenile Striped Bass Study	1/1/2002	12/31/2002	Tag juvenile and subadult Striped Bass and estimated survival rates. Develop indices of relative abundance of young-of-year and yearling Striped Bass.
Melissa Alvarez	Pre-restoration monitoring for the proposed Bergen Beach Salt Marsh Restoration Project	5/22/2001	5/21/2002	To learn about biological and physical characteristics of the Bergen Beach salt marsh (proposed project) site in Jamaica Bay
Kim McKown	Fisheries Investigations in Jamaica Bay, NY	4/1/2001	12/31/2007	Investigating habitat use by young-of-the-year Striped Bass, including examinations of invertebrates and Bluefish interactions.
Kim McKown	Study of Finfish - Striped Bass and Bluefish	6/19/1997	4/17/2001	To collect size and age data and conduct finfish feeding study
Kim McKown	Study of Finfish - Striped Bass	7/23/1992	11/30/1996	To collect size and age data on striped bass; estimate growth rates of juvenile striped bass; estimate movements of striped bass through tagging; validate Hudson River Juvenile survey; collect information on other species of importance

On February 25, 2010, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis, Deputy Mayor for Operations Edward Skyler, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway and Natural Resources Defense Council Executive Director Peter Lehner announced an agreement to improve the overall water quality and mitigate marshland loss in Jamaica Bay through a total of $115 million in new investments. View the DEP press release, DEP press conference (high bandwith, low bandwith), NRDC press release. Dan Mundy Jr., Vice President of Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers recaps the events that led to this agreement.

Columbia University, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and the State University of New York (SUNY), Stonybrook, conducted an assessment of wetland loss from sea-level rise, storm surges and other forces with an emphasis on Jamaica Bay as part of the Metropolitan East Coast (MEC) Regional Assessment.

Citations:

McKown, K.A. 2002. 2002 Western Long Island Striped Bass Survey Sampling Schedule. (JABERRT # 313, RIC # 2267).

McKown, K.A. and Brischler, J.M. 2002. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 2000 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of the Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Annual Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC25. Mimeo. 82pp.

Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources. 2001. Organic chemicals and mercury in selected fish species taken from the New York Harbor. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 262).

McKown, Kim A. and Brischler, J.M. 2001. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1998 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC23. Mimeo.

McKown, K.A. and Brischler, J.M. 2001. A Study of the Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources (JABERRT # 316, RIC # 2270).

McKown, K.A. and Brischler, J.M. 2001b. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1999 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC24. Mimeo.

Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources. 2000. An investigation of the 1998 Hudson River striped bass spawning success. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 251, RIC # 2259, ).

McBride, R.S. and McKown, K.A. 2000. Consequences of dispersal of subtropically spawned crevalle jacks, Caranx hippos, to temperate estuaries. Fish. Bull. 98:528-538. (JABERRT # 315, RIC # 2268).

McKown, K.A. and Gelardi, R. 2000. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1997 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC22. Mimeo.

Hartig, E.K., Mushacke, F., Fallon, D., Kolker, A., and Gornitz, V. 2000. Climate change impacts on salt marsh morphology in Jamaica Bay, New York City. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Division of Fish, Wildlife & Marine Resources, Columbia University, Center for Climate Systems Research, State University of New York (SUNY)-Stony Brook, Marine Science Research Center, Stony Brook, NY. 49pp. (JABERRT # 256, RIC # 2177).

McKown, Kim A. and Ron Gelardi. 2000. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1997 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC22. Mimeo.

Niedowski, N.L. 2000. New York State Salt Marsh Restoration and Monitoring Guidelines. New York State Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources, Albany, NY and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources, Bureau of Marine Resources, East Setauket, NY. (JABERRT # 369).

McKown, K. A., LoBue, C.P. and Gelardi, R. 1999. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1996 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC21. Mimeo.

LoBue, C.P. and McKown, K.A. 1998. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1995 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC20. Mimeo.

Division of Marine Resources. 1997. A study of the striped bass in the marine district of New York VII. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 269).

Somers, L.A. and Alfieri, M.L. 1997. 1996 Long Island colonial waterbird and piping plover survey. A research report of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Stony Brook, NY.

Anonymous. 1996. Jamaica Bay [VHS video tape]. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Stony Brook, NY. 6-7-96.

McKown, K.A. and LoBue, C.P. 1996. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1994 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC19-2. Mimeo.

McKown, K.A., Savona, P. and Waltz, P. 1996. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1993 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC19. Mimeo.

Somers, L.A., Alfieri, M.L., Meskill, K. and Miller, R.L. 1996. 1995 Long Island colonial waterbird and Piping Plover survey. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). 209pp.

Division of Marine Resources. 1995. A study of the striped bass in the marine district of New York VII. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 267, RIC # 2261).

Meskill, K.J., Sommers, L.A., Alfieri, M.L. and Miller, R.L. 1995. 1994 Long Island colonial waterbird and piping plover survey. A research report of the NYSDEC. Stony Brook, NY.

McKown, K.A. and Penski, M. 1994. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1991 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC17. Mimeo.

McKown, K.A. and Savona, P. 1994. An Investigation of the Movements and Growth of the 1992 Hudson River Year Class. A Study of Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York VII. Completion Report for P.L. 89304, Project AFC18. Mimeo.

Somers, L.A., Miller, R., Meskill, K. and Alfieri, M. 1994. 1992-1993 Long Island colonial waterbird and Piping Plover survey. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). 53pp.

Division of Marine Resources. 1992. A study of the striped bass in the marine district of New York VI. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 260).

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 1992. Final generic environmental impact statement on Staten Island freshwater wetlands program. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Albany, NY.144 pp.

Division of Marine Resources. 1991. A study of the striped bass in the marine district of New York VI. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 249).

Division of Marine Resources. 1991. A study of the striped bass in the marine district of New York VII. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 250).

Downer, R.H. LeB, and Leibelt, C.E. 1990. 1989 Long Island colonial Waterbird and Piping Plover survey. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Stony Brook, NY. 200 pp.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 1990. Programmatic environmental impact statement on Staten Island freshwater wetlands preservation. Draft. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Long Island City, NY. 281pp.

Anonymous. 1989. Untitled (computer tape of aerial overflight). Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and Floyd Bennett Field. [digitized data on 2 computer tapes]. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Stony Brook, NY.

Division of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Wildlife. 1989. Planning the management of New York’s wildlife: preliminary assessment of wildlife management needs. Draft, for public review and comment, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). 75pp. (JABERRT # 18).

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Fish and Wildlife. 1989. Planning the management of New York’s wildlife: preliminary assessment of wildlife management needs. Draft, for public review and comment.

Division of Marine Resources. 1988. A study of the striped bass in the marine district of New York V. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 261).

EA Engineering Science and Technology. 1988. Environmental investigation of the Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill: preliminary results of a pathobiological survey. Prepared for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). pp 173-213.

Division of Marine Resources. 1987. A study of the striped bass in the marine district of New York State V. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 266).

Division of Marine Resources. 1986. A study of the striped bass in the marine district of New York State V. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). (JABERRT # 265).

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 1977. Final report on significant coastal related fish and wildlife habitats of New York State(Task 7.3). June 1977. Coastal Zone Management Study Program. Grant No. 04-6-158-44068. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Division of Land Resources and Forest Management, Albany, NY. 59 pp. plus 51 pp. of appendices.

New York State Conservation Department. 1969. Early oyster culture investigations by the New York State Conservation Commission (1920-1926). New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Division of Marine Resources, Ronkonkoma, NY. 119.

New York City Department of Parks and New York State Conservation Department, Division of Fish and Wildlife. 1968. Report on Jamaica Bay. New York City Department of Parks and New York State Conservation department, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Albany, NY.

New York State Conservation Department. 1967. Summary report of the sanitary microbiological examination of shellfish taken from Jamaica Bay during 1966-1967. Unpublished. New York State Conservation Department, Oakdale, NY. 2pp.

Division of Marine Resources, New York Department of Environmental Conservation. 1930. Restoration of natural resources through the Jamaica Bay damages account. Reconnaissance Phase report. 53pp.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Undated. Draft Long Island groundwater management program. Executive summary. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). 22 pp.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Date unknown. Fishing for Winter Flounder. (JABERRT # 365).

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