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Bronx River Bio-log
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Welcome to our blog—or bio-log—about the Bronx River! Every day, Alliance staff and partners are making progress in our work to restore and improve the Bronx River. These daily accomplishments and observations are logged here to share what's going on!
Also known as a bio-log: High density coir net stuffed with mattress fiber for soil stabilization, sediment retention and vegetation establishment, see photo.
September 08, 2010
Anthony Shell Phipps Internship
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Anthony Shell (second from the left), our intern from Phipps Community Development Corp. started volunteering with the conservation crew on July 27th. Anthony has been working very hard assisting with tree removal at the observation deck in the South Forest, invasive removal of knotweed with NRG in the North Forest and bank stabilization at Shoelace Park. Anthony attended the Volunteer Recognition Day on August 28th and had some fun canoeing and noshing.
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September 08, 2010
Tiffany Castro's Wildcat Internship
Tiffany Castro (second from the right), is one of two interns from Wildcat who volunteered with the conservation crew doing tree removal at the observation deck at the South Forest and knotweed removal at the North Forest .Tiffany help us assist N.R.G with plot monitoring in the North Forest
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July 30, 2010
Michael Smoot: Our Newest Crew Member
Hi, my name is Michael Smoot and I work for the Bronx River Alliance. What made this all possible was the training I received from NYC-MillionTrees in Landscaping, Ecological Restoration, and Arboriculture. My experience in this field of work has been educational and fun. I do gardening work and tree care, as well as water quality and tool maintenance. I have also learned something new working with the Bronx River Alliance. I learned how to install a Rainwater Harvesting system which help prevents flooding during heavy rain fall. I work on projects with the field crew to restore, maintain, and enhance the ecosystem and wildlife in the Bronx River corridor.
I also work with the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). As we work with the SYEP we try to incorporate educational information as they work throughout the day. We teach them how to identify different type of trees, shrubs, and plants. We show them the proper and safe way to handle the tools. During the days with summer youth we clear out areas which are over run by invasive plants and vines. Though we spend only two days a week with the SYEP, we try to make sure they leave with some type of knowledge of what we do and why.
Here are some of the Alliance staff with the city comptroller, John Liu (center).
We were working with volunteers from his office in Muskrat Cove on July 22. I,
Michael Smoot, am at the far right of the photo.
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June 02, 2010
Goldman Sach Volunteer Restoration Work on Bronx Forest Education Trails
.JPG) Goldman Sach is a corporate Volunteer Group which works with the Bronx River Alliance Crew. On May 10th, Marco (L) & James (R) from Goldman Sach came out planted 35 trees & shrubs. They also did some weeding which created an opening for a view of the river in the Bronx Forest along the Education Trail.
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March 30, 2010
LaRon biolog
 What I learned so far on my first week as a intern at the Bronx River Alliance was how to take apart a chainsaw clean it out and put it back together I also learned not to litter because it really affects the river ever since I been here I haven’t litter and I learned that a guy name Robert Moses brought the Japanese knotweed to the U.S knotweed is known as a invasive species or weed this plant can damage foundations, buildings, flood defenses, roads ,paving retaining walls and architectural .Robert Moses is well known for building the tri borough bridge which connects Manhattan Queens and The Bronx .I also made 30 plots that were 2x2 half a meter between each and the plots were for the invasive removal plant between botanical gardens NRG and the Bronx forest.
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