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New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened
Productive ecosystems for shorebirds and other fauna, the marshes are relentlessly pounded by sea level rise and storm surges. Heavy metals remain from their industrial past.
By Lauren Dalban
NEW YORK—Walter Mugdan looks out at the marshes that make up part of Udall’s Cove Park and Preserve in Little Neck, Queens. He points out the ospreys that inhabit one of the nesting platforms in the area, hoping to catch one of them diving down into the marsh for food.