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  2. Jamaica Bay - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica Bay (also known as Grassy Bay) is an estuary on the southern portion of the western tip of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York. The estuary is partially man-made, and partially natural. The bay connects with Lower New York Bay to the west, through Rockaway Inlet, and is the westernmost of the coastal lagoons on the south shore of ...

  3. Sandy Pond Beach Unique Area - Wikipedia

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    Sandy Pond Beach Unique Area is a 76-acre (31 ha) New York State conservation area located within the eastern Lake Ontario dunes. It lies at the north end of a spit of land dividing North Sandy Pond from Lake Ontario, and is about two miles (3.2 km) north of the developed portion of Sandy Island Beach State Park . [ 2 ]

  4. Sandy Island Beach State Park - Wikipedia

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    Sandy Island Beach State Park is a New York State park on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. Its highlight is a 1,500-foot (460 m) natural sandy beach. The park is near the southern end of a notable 17-mile (27 km) length of sandy shoreline, coastal dunes, and wetlands (the Eastern Lake Ontario Dunes and Wetlands); a 1959 study noted that "The ...

  5. Southwick Beach State Park - Wikipedia

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    Southwick Beach State Park is a New York State park that lies along an unusual stretch of sandy beach on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. The park is 464 acres (188 ha) in size with a 3,500 foot (1,100 m) length of beach, and is visited annually by about 100,000 people. [1] Immediately to the south is the Lakeview Wildlife Management Area ...

  6. Wetlands of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Determining the boundary of wetland, whether jurisdictional under sections 404 or 10, or not jurisdictional but still meeting the technical definition of a wetland, that is having the soils, vegetation and hydrology criterion met is called a "wetland delineation", and generally is performed by college graduates with natural science or biology ...

  7. Verona Beach State Park - Wikipedia

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    Verona Beach State Park. Verona Beach State Park is a 1,735-acre (7.02 km 2) state park [2] located on the eastern shore of Oneida Lake in the Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York. The park is located on NY 13 northwest of the City of Oneida and south of Sylvan Beach. Oneida Creek enters the Oneida Lake south of the park.

  8. It's art. It's a wetland. And scientists hope it will save ...

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    It's a wetland. And scientists hope it will save the state's lakes from blue-green algae. It's art. It's a wetland. And scientists hope it will save the state's lakes from blue-green algae ...

  9. Fair Haven Beach State Park - Wikipedia

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    Fair Haven Beach State Park. Fair Haven Beach State Park is a 1,141-acre (4.62 km 2) state park [2] on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario in upstate New York. It is located on the east side of Little Sodus Bay in the town of Sterling in Cayuga County, northeast of the village of Fair Haven. The southern part of the park is sometimes called ...