CANOE: Oyster Monitoring in Bushwick Inlet!
As we do bi-annually and In partnership with Billion Oyster Project and Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park, we are paddling down to Bushwick Inlet to bring the oyster cages (hanging from the "living docks") over to the (low tide) beach at Bushwick Inlet Park where Billion Oyster Project will supervise volunteers who will measure and weigh the oysters.
Meet @ MASE : 12:30p
Launch: 1p
Flood starts: 2:48p
Return by: 3:30p
Jens Rasmussen and Dewey Thompson will lead the trip. We don't yet know whether Harbor School students and/or BOP or FBIP folk will be paddling so we can't open this up for registration but if you're interested, please contact me (dthompson at pickerelpie dot com)
If you're interested in volunteering to help out and learn more about NBCB, please use the "Register" button.
At these free, informal paddles, North Brooklyn Community Boathouse welcomes walk-up participants to join trained NBCB guides for short trips on Newtown Creek and often out toward the East River, where we often pause to take in the view of Manhattan. Usually we take our fleet of 29′ canoes. Everyone on the paddle works together under expert instruction to forge a unique NYC experience, seeing the city in a new way.
Public paddles are free and open to everyone. We especially hope to welcome our Greenpoint neighbors and members of other community organizations. Come down to MASE Park, and learn more about Greenpoint’s history, environmental challenges and successes, and residents.
All our voyages are led by certified trip leaders and include some of the best views of the city. This is a great way to check out the boatyard and get a chance to explore the local waterways. Paddling is free! And we serve beverages and other snacks. Our public paddles are child and pet friendly.
Please come join us at YOUR community boat club!
NBCB sincerely thanks the Greenpoint Community Environment Fund and the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for financial support for our Public Paddle series.