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Originally Posted by JZeig1
And if I'm not mistaken, the area around the airport is a reserve. YEAH RITE!
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I occasionally do wildlife surveys in Jamaica Bay - you'd be surprised how much life has returned to it in the past few decades. Besides the incredible diversity of aquatic and marine bird life, there's a thriving population of horseshoe crabs, terrapins, jellyfish etc. - there are even enough schools of bunker to attract humpback whales to feed at the mouth of the bay.
That's not to say that JFK doesn't pose a risk to it (jets frequently dump leftover fuel into the water during descent) but there's still much to preserve and protect.