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The William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge (WTDWR) is an 814-acre (3.29 km 2) wildlife refuge straddling the New Springville and Travis sections of Staten Island. The park was named in honor of Staten Island native William T. Davis , a renowned naturalist and entomologist who along with the Audubon Society started the refuge with an original ...
Staten Island Historical Society is an organization devoted to the history of Staten Island and its neighboring communities, from the colonial period to the present day. The Society operates and interpreting Historic Richmond Town, the largest and most comprehensive historic village in New York City. It also collects and preserves the materials ...
Staten Island is home to a large and diverse population of wildlife. Wildlife found on Staten Island include white-tailed deer (which have increased from a population of 24 in 2008 to 2,000 in 2017 due to a hunting ban and a lack of predators), [51] as well as hundreds of species of birds including bald eagles, turkey, hawks, egrets and ring ...
José Ramírez-Garofalo was born on March 17, 1996, in Staten Island, New York to Kathy Garofalo, a United States National Park Service Ranger and former wildland firefighter, and Jose Ramirez-Torres a Puerto Rican United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War, retired United States National Park Service Ranger, and former wildland firefighter.
These collections are accessible to visitors on-line and at the MCHC campus in Baltimore. In 1968 the library acquired 80 photographs by Bert Sadler, noted for his work in capturing everyday American life. On July 9, 2011, Barry Landau and Jason Savedoff were arrested and later indicted for the theft of 60 society documents. [citation needed]
Blue Heron Park Nature Center: Staten Island: Staten Island: New York City: 236-acre city park with nature center Caleb Smith State Park Preserve: Smithtown: Suffolk: Long Island: 543 acres, features a nature museum Caumsett Outdoor and Environmental Education Center: Lloyd Harbor: Suffolk: Long Island: operated by Nassau BOCES in Caumsett ...
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In 1987, the Staten Island Historical Society purchased and relocated the Jacob Crocheron farmhouse (built ca. 1819-1820 [6]) to Historic Richmond Town from its original location at 84 Woodrow Road in the Annadale section of Staten Island, [7] a distance of over 3.1 miles. In the process of moving the building, DOT issued the house seven ...