Pamphlet Downloads
00 FINAL REPORT: Shifting Sands: Sedimentary Cycles for Jamaica Bay
REF 01 Jamaica Bay Edge Atlas
REF 02 Jamaica Bay Plant Catalog
01 The Bottom of Jamaica Bay
02 Jamaica Bay Species
03 The Belt Parkway
04 Finding Zero
05 Fruit on the Beach
06 Vulnerability
07 Barrier Island Breaches
08 Photo Archive
09 The Air Above Jamaica Bay
10 Field Trips
11 Evolving Edges
12 Artifacts
13 Aerial Imagery
14 Evolution of Coastal Structures
15 Marsh Island Restoration
16 Physical Models
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Resources
American Littoral Society, Northeast Chapter
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection Image Archives.
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online.
Brooklyn Public Library, Historic Brooklyn Photo Gallery.
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities Environmental Protection Agency, EnviroAtlas Macroform Rarity Index.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Preliminary Work Maps, New York City, June 2013.
Jamaica Bay EcoWatchers
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, SLOSH model
New York Public Library, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Photo Archive
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Arsenal Library
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Olmsted Center Map Division
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Natural Resources Group
New York City Office of Emergency Management, Hurricane Evacuation Map
New York Rising Community Reconstruction Project
NYCity Map
National Data Buoy Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tides and Currents – Datums.
National Park Service, Integrated Resource Management Applications Portal.
Rebuild by Design
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed: Jamaica Bay and Breezy Point, Complex #16.
U.S. Census Bureau and American Community.