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New York City’s Forests Are Ailing. New Funding May Get at the Root of the Problem

With ‘Community Reforestation’ grants, the state will pay to plant trees and combat neglect and invasive species in parks across the city.

By Lauren Dalban

A view of Forest Park in Queens, New York City. The Natural Areas Conservancy will partner with the Forest Park Trust to enhance the area. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News
The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy conducts field work at a pollinator garden in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy

Helping Bees Find New Homes Across New York City, From Fresh Kills to Street Planters

By Lauren Dalban

Jason Smith, the New York Restoration Project's director of northern parks, who has worked at Swindler Cove since 2006: “This is one of the most vulnerable neighborhoods in northern Manhattan.” Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News.

This Northern Manhattan Wetland Has Faced Climate-Change Induced Erosion and Sea Level Rise. A Living Shoreline Has Reimagined the Space

By Juanita Gordon

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