Committees & Work Groups - Restoration

Goals of the Habitat Module:

• To restore and maintain an ecosystem which supports an optimum diversity of living resources on a sustained basis
• To preserve and restore ecologically important habitat and open space
• To encourage watershed planning to protect habitat
• To foster public awareness and appreciation of the natural environment
• To minimize erosion; to decrease soil and water loadings of sediment and pollutants to the Harbor/Bight
• To increase public access, consistent with maintaining the Harbor/Bight ecosystem

During public meetings held in 1995 to review the draft CCMP, the HEP heard from the public that protection and restoration of habitat in the estuary should be our top priority. As a result, the CCMP was restructured to provide a habitat focus to the entire plan, and habitat protection has been a fundamental priority for the program ever since.

In February 2009, the draft Comprehensive Restoration Plan for the estuary was released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Click Here).  This plan was  endorsed by the  HEP Policy Committee in December 2009 as a plan forward for the restoration of the harbor.  Additional information about the plan can be found at www.TheWatersWeShare.org. The previous Habitat Work Group has been restructured and renamed to focus on implementing this new plan.   For a copy of the draft structure and charge to that group, Click Here. And, to learn more on how to nominate a new site for restoration or public access for the Comprehensive Restoration Plan, Click Here

For more information, contact the Restoration Work Group Chair, Lisa Baron, (Corps of Engineers), 917-790-8306.

Restoration Documents

• Final Report: Saw Mill River Daylighting (Sept 2010) | PDF
  
  
• In support of the Comprehensive Restoration Plan, HEP is requesting proposals for restoration planning focused on Tributary Connections. Proposals are due October 22, 2010. | Click Here
  
  
• Use this form to nominate a new site for restoration or public access for the Comprehensive Restoration Plan | PDF
  
  
• Comprehensive Restoration Plan for the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary, March 2009 | Click Here
  
  
• Harbor Herons Conservation Plan (May 2010) | PDF (1.5 MB)
  
  
• New York City Audubon's Harbor Herons Project:
  2008 Interim Nesting Survey (December 10, 2008) | PDF (1.5 MB)
  
  
• Proceedings of the Harbor Herons Annual Subcommittee Meeting:
  Greater New York/New Jersey Harbor Colonial Waterbirds Working Group
  (December 11-12, 2008) | PDF
  
  
• Guide to Harbor Herons and other colonial water birds of the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary | PDF (1.5 MB)
  
  
• A GIS Approach To Habitat Restoration Site Selection And Prioritization In The New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary, Kelly Kunert, Master's thesis, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, 2005 | Click Here
  
  
• Habitat Quality in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary: An Evaluation of Pier Effects on Fishes. Final report to Hudson River Foundation. K.W. Able, Rutgers Univ., A.L. Studholme, NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, and J.P. Manderson, Rutgers Univ. December 1995.
  
  
• New York Bight Restoration Plan

  Final New York Bight Restoration Plan. March 1993.

  Phase III Report. Interim Report to Congress, Jan. 1992.

  Phase II Report. Preliminary Report and Work Plan, Aug. 1990.

  Public Responsiveness Document. Attachment 8. August 1990.
  
  Issues for Public Discussion - Phase II. Attachment 7. November 1989.

  Public Responsiveness Document. Attachment VI. April 1989.
  
  Phase I Report. Preliminary Report and Work Plan, April 1989.
  

  Issues for Public Discussion. Attachment V. Nov. 1988.

• Habitat Quality in the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary: An Evaluation of Pier Effects on Fishes. 1993 Progress report to Hudson River Foundation. K.W. Able, Rutgers Univ. and A.L. Studholme, NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, 1993.
  
  
• Inventory and Characterization of Habitat and Fish Resources and Assessment of Information on Toxic Effects in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary. P.M.J. Woodhead, SUNY Stony Brook, May 1991. | PDF (6.8 MB file)
  
  
• Fish and Wildlife Populations and Habitat Status and Trends in the New York Bight. Dynamac, Inc. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase III Report, Attachment 5. September 1991. | PDF (6.5 MB file)
  
  
• Habitat Related Issues and Existing Programs. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase II Report, Attachment 5. June 1990.
  
  
• Nearshore Wildlife Habitats and Populations in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary. D.F. Squires, et al., Univ. of Connecticut, Nov. 1990. | PDF
  
  
• An Analysis of Federal and State Habitat Protection Programs in the NY Bight and Adjacent Areas (Strawman). Dynamac and E.M. Flatow, Nov. 1990.
  
  
• Shell Disease of Crustaceans in the New York Bight: A Report Prepared by a Working Group on Shell Disease. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase I Report, Attachment II. April 1989.

Restoration Meetings

• Public Information Meetings on Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan in May and June 2010 | PDF
  

Restoration Workgroup Documents

• Draft Final Feasibility Report for Rahway Fish Passage. January 2009 | PDF
  
  
• Draft Recommendations for Improving Compensatory Habitat Mitigation in
  the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary | PDF
  

Meeting Minutes

• August 24, 2011 | PDF
• July 27, 2011 | PDF
• March 14, 2011 | PDF
• December 9, 2010 | PDF
• November 3, 2010 | PDF
• August 30, 2010 | PDF
• January 11, 2010 | PDF
• July 7, 2009 | PDF
• January 17, 2007 | PDF
• September 12, 2006 | PDF
• April 11, 2006 | PDF
• January 19, 2006 | PDF
  
• November 3, 2005 | PDF
• August 31, 2005 | PDF
• June 22, 2005 | PDF
• April 27, 2005 | PDF
• January 27, 2005 | PDF
• May 17, 2004 | PDF
• January 27, 2004 | PDF
• September 16, 2003 | PDF
• July 15, 2003 | PDF
• May 20, 2003 | PDF
• March 12, 2003 | PDF
• January 23, 2003 | PDF
• December 5, 2002 | PDF
• October 30, 2002 | PDF
• September 12, 2002 | PDF
• July 24, 2002 | PDF
• June 27, 2002 | PDF
• May 2, 2002 | PDF
• March 7, 2002 | PDF
• January 10, 2002 | PDF
• December 12, 2001 | PDF
• November 13, 2001 | PDF
• August 23, 2001 | PDF
• July 19, 2001 | PDF
• February 28, 2001 | PDF
• February 21, 2001 | PDF
• January 24, 2001 | PDF
• October 19, 2000 | PDF
• December 18, 2000 | PDF

 

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