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We are recording on June 10th, 2022 for the Queens Memory Project. Susan, could you say your full name and spell it please?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=12.0,23.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Sure. My name is Susan Bauer-Maresca that's S U S a N B a U E R hyphen M a R E S C a.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=23.0,33.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Great, thank you. Okay. Uh, the first question I wanted to ask you was, um, what got you interested in environmental efforts?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=33.0,43.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, I had, uh, the opportunity to take a trip when I was nine to, uh, the Caribbean and when we were down there, we did a lot of snorkeling. And when we, it gave us the bug, when we got back, we took scuba diving lessons. So I've been scuba diving since I was about 11. And when you, when you dive, I think it gives you, uh, an interesting, um, view of how things change seasonally in the water. And I think that's really what got me hooked on environmental issues is seeing different water quality issues and just seeing seasonal changes and how things react to that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=43.0,80.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, wow. That's so interesting. Um, was there a favorite place, is there a favorite place that you've, uh, scuba, uh, or snorkeled before?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=80.0,89.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Um, I think the, the best diving I've done is off the coast of Grenada in the Caribbean. Um, just a beautiful dive, uh, deep their corals are just absolutely gorgeous down there. And of course the coral reefs support a lot of different types of fish. So it was really nice to, to see all the different fish species and the coral species.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=89.0,110.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Wow. That's so interesting. That's so cool. Um, great. Um, and then I wanted to ask you since, um, this is gonna be part of the Queens Memory Project. Um, what is your personal relationship with Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=110.0,123.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, I've worked in Long Island City in Queens since 1996, since I joined the DEC region two office in '96. So I have spent a lot of time in and around Queens, uh, for work. And, um, I do have family that live in Bayside, so, um, I do visit a lot even on, in holidays and weekends and do spend time in Queens and my personal time as well. So I'm pretty familiar with most of the borough.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=123.0,151.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, great. That's awesome. \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=151.0,153.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: I have, uh, triplets, they were actually born in LIJ Hospital, which borders, which is right on the border between Queens and Long Island City. And I didn't realize the maternity hospital is actually officially in Queens, so my oh, my children were actually born in Queens. Their birth certificates are [unclear].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=153.0,171.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, wow. So, oh, wow. That's awesome. Um, okay, great. So, um, and now I wanted to pivot, you know, to talk about, uh, your work and what you do. Um, could you talk a little bit about, um, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and its history?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=171.0,190.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Sure. Uh, the department itself was formed in, um, 1970. What they did was, um, back when, uh, Earth Day, a lot of, and the Clean Water Act, a lot of things were bringing attention to the environment. And so the state decided to combine all the existing organizations that protected and enhanced the environment into one department of environmental conservation that was done in July 1st, 1970. So DEC was sort of created in 1970. We just had our 50th anniversary in, in 2020. Um, and there's nine regional offices. So Queens is actually in the region two office, which cover covers the five boroughs of New York City. Um, but we have our, our central office is up in Albany except for Marine resources. Our Marine central office is actually out in Kings Park, out on Long Island. So there are these overarching central offices that oversee the different regions. Um, but each region covers the environmental issues of, of their own area. So our region two office is really is located in Queens and we oversee all the things that go on in Queens for the state.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=190.0,271.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay, great. And are there certain, um, departments or work that's being done in a certain region because of the environment of that area? Or is it pretty standardized? Like you said, there's, yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=271.0,284.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: There's some, there's some differences between regions. Um, the, as you can imagine, the region that covers the Adirondacks is very much focused on Adirondack park and the issues in the park. Um, region three has the Catskill, uh, forest park preserves. So they have a lot of forestry issues as well, but they also have the Hudson River. And, um, so yeah, each region sort of focuses, has a heavy focus on some of the bigger natural resources that they have for instance, uh, region two, we, we oversee the Jamaica Bay, um, area, and that has a lot of different resources, both Marine resources, as well as wildlife resources. So mm-hmm, \u003caffirmative\u003e, I think each region has their own pardon me, um, natural areas that they do take a special interest in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=284.0,332.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. That's very interesting that, yeah, it makes sense. Um, could you talk about how you came to join the NYS, uh, DEC and how long you've worked there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=332.0,343.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Sure. Um, I actually came on in '96 on a special project. The Port Authority was, was doing work in Jamaica Bay and needed a, a short term person just to do a, a research paper on, um, on some of the resources in Jamaica bay. And so I came on, it was really just supposed to be a short one year stint. And then when I was finishing up, they had they'd another biologist position opened up and they asked me if I wanted to stay on. So I sort of, it, it was just sort of a going with the, with the current kind of thing. I just sort of stayed on with the DEC over the years as, as positions opened up. So I just sort of swept along \u003claugh\u003e in the current.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=343.0,386.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. Yeah. That's a, that's a long career there. That's wonderful. Um, could you talk about some of, I mean, you've been, you've been there a long time, so, um, could you talk about some of the past work that you've done there that, um, you know, you've been involved in or, you know, things that stick out to you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=386.0,404.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Sure. The, the position that came along after I finished my first, um, short one year thing was, uh, liaison to the Hudson River foundation overseeing the New York City Environmental Fund. It was an environmental fund that was created um, many years ago, ConEd had a, a number of violations that had happened throughout the city. And so what they did was they, they took all these violations together and created a big environmental benefit fund. And part of this 7 million went to the Hudson River Foundation to create the small grants program. And the small grants program was really intended to help small community groups, um, do environmental stewardship. So if you had a small group say, you know, somebody wanted to help out a friends of group for Gantry State Park, for instance, that group could apply for funding to help maybe maintain the native plants or have education programs in the park.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=404.0,466.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: So kids learn more about environmental issues. So I worked on that for quite a while, which was very rewarding, cuz it's amazing even with $10 or $15,000, how much some of these small groups could do and how many programs they can produce and do small restoration projects. So it was really, um, opened my eyes to a lot of the great work that our local community groups do, our volunteers do. So that was, um, that was a great, great experience. Um, and I've also worked heavily with the natural resource damages program, which is, um, kind of a similar Genesis. If there's a big oil or chemical spill, there's usually a big penalty that goes along with that. Well, there's usually a big settlement that goes along with that. I shouldn't call it a penalty. The settlement is based on the impact to natural resources. So if the spill kills a big section of marsh, there'll be an amount of money that's that the company that was responsible for the spill will pay to compensate the people of New York for the loss of that habitat.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=466.0,532.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: So you can use that money to either buy an equivalent amount of habitat to replace, you know, to protect, or you can spend a certain amount of money to restore the area that was impacted. So that process has been, um, I did a lot of work on Staten Island as a result of two major oil spills that happened in the 1990s. So we were able to, um, preserve a lot of property and do a lot of restoration work as a result of that. Um, there was a similar, uh, settlement that allowed, um, acquisition and funding of restoration because of landfills around the city that actually, uh, helped out Jamaica Bay quite a bit. We were able to buy some property in Jamaica Bay and do a big restoration project over in Norton basin. So Queens has also, um, benefited from some of these larger settlements where we could spend money on land acquisition and protection and um, environmental restoration projects.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=532.0,593.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. Okay. That's very, I didn't know about that. That's very interesting. And um, you know, the, the, the damages and then the ensuing settlements and having, you know, being able to like give back to the, the environment in certain ways like that, um, you talked about","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=593.0,609.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: That's, the intent is to, is to try to, to give back a similar amount that was lost either by protecting more or restoring more habitat. So,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=609.0,620.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right, right. Um, you talked about the, um, volunteers, um, you know, in community organizations that are involved with the, or that work with the department, um, what's the importance of, you know, having community involvement in the, the work that the department does?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=620.0,639.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, I think, I think the more people get involved with their local environment, the more, the more engaged they are with stewardship of that area, they, they have more ownership feeling of it, you know, and they're taking care of it. So they're, they tend to take care of it better if they feel like it's theirs and they have more control over what's happening there. It's also a great way to, um, encourage education of folks on issues that they might not otherwise, um, be exposed to, you know, because we keep doing development, there's a lot of habitat loss for a lot of wildlife. So they, so now we're tending to have a little bit more day to day interactions with wildlife that people might not have had necessarily in the past. So, uh, for instance, one time there was some construction up in Whitestone that dislodged all the, uh, the raccoons that lived in the certain park section.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=639.0,696.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: So they all sort of migrated out into the neighborhoods. Everyone's like, oh, where are all these raccoons coming from? And we had to explain, look, you know, there was construction in the park where the raccoons normally live. As soon as the construction's over, they'll all go back to their normal place. But in the meantime, they were sort of hanging out in everyone's backyard. So, and people are understandably a little concerned when all of a sudden wildlife that wasn't there before it suddenly shows up. So a lot of what we do is, is outreach and education. So if we have volunteers that are working with us, it's a little easier to impart information than what's normal. And what's perhaps some wildlife acting normally that should have attention.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=696.0,734.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: You know, for instance, there's seals that will haul out onto the beach and that's absolutely normal behavior for them. They just come out and sit in the sun and hang out. They're, they're literally just having an afternoon in the sun and people get worried. It's like, oh, something's wrong with them really nothing's wrong with them. But then people panic that something's wrong. And so the more we can explain to people what normal wildlife behavior is, if they're not used to it. So they don't worry, just leave the seal alone, don't touch it. Don't bother. It'll go right back in the water in a little while, or to recognize maybe if you look at it and you see, no, it's not acting normally you need to call for help. The seal needs some help. Maybe it has a, a fishing line wrapped around a, a fin or something like that. You know, then to know when it is important to call us and say something needs help as opposed to no, something's just having an afternoon in the sun siesta sort of thing. So mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=734.0,786.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right, right. So, you know, the department helps bridge that gap between, you know, the environment what's going on and the people that live here. Right. Um, where can you see seals in New York City?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=786.0,800.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Um, pretty much they're, they've been noticing more seals down in Jamaica Bay, but also if you go out to Staten Island, our Mount Loretto property, there's a lot of flat rocks, um, that are exposed at low tide that the seals will haul out on the, um, on the rocks. If you do a Google search for our, um, state lands on the DEC website, I think it does talk about where the best sites are to, to see seals if you wanna see them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=800.0,825.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. Okay. Nice. Yeah. There's so much wildlife in New York City that I think I, and other people forget about \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=825.0,833.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Yeah, it's crazy. And you know, the, the other thing is, is, and I don't wanna make this all about a wildlife education program, but you know, that there's coyotes that live in, um, several of the big graveyards and they will get more active in certain parts of the year. So it's just sort of letting people know that this isn't abnormal, this is a normal time for coyotes to be particularly active. So you might see them a little bit more don't panic, you know, as long as the, the coyote isn't acting as if it has rabies or something, there's really nothing to be concerned about. They just have a time when they're getting ready to have, um, coyote, uh, they're ready to have a den and start a family. And so they'll be a little bit more, um, active and trying to find a place to do that. So they, and they might be a little bit more, um, protective of that territory once they have kids.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=833.0,883.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=883.0,883.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: So just things to be aware of is like, I'd, you know, like to do more outreach with that and volunteers help us with that a lot.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=883.0,890.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right. Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=890.0,891.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Like the Gotham \u003cinaudible\u003e Coyote Project is, is doing a lot to make people aware of the, the fact that the coyotes are here and what their normal behaviors are.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=891.0,901.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e okay. Very cool. Um, I wanted to know more about, um, you know, speaking about outreach and education, um, and also what are some other programs and events that the department hosts in Queens or in, in, um, in New York City?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=901.0,920.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Sure. We have the I FISH NY Program. We have a, Melissa Cohen is our, our fisheries manager. She oversees a great program where she takes folks out and teaches them how to fish. And those programs should all be on our website. I think there's a few free fishing days that are coming up in late summer, early September. If people are interested, they can check out our website for, um, I FISH NY for dates, but they do go around to all a bunch of a huge amount of school groups and take the kids out and do field programs, showing them how to fish and learning more about the environment, um, our education program, our Andy Snyders, our regional education person. They do similarly have events all over the city. Um, I don't know for sure what Andy has planned. The one, our one big re our big sort of all region event is actually tomorrow.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=920.0,981.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: It's called outdoors day. It's a program to invite people to one of our properties to learn more about what we do. And so we'll have, it's actually at Mount Loretto out on Staten Island tomorrow from 10 to two, and we have different stations set up there. You can do bird watching, you can do fishing kayaking, there'll be an archery station. Um, we'll have a bird watching station where we'll have spotting, scopes and binoculars available for people to do some bird watching. And, um, there's a camping. Pardon me. Sorry. There's a camping station where people can learn how to set up tents and how to best control small fires and things like that. So you learn best camping techniques. So those are different types of programs that we, we do that once a year, it's called Outdoors Day. It's usually at Mount Loretto cuz we have a big enough space to set up all those different, um, stations and we have access to the beach so we can get people out on kayak. So own the environmental conservation officers do, uh, a show of their, of the conservation dogs. They have, um, trained dogs trained to do different activities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=981.0,1049.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, that's cool. Um, well those are, those are some great programs and events the department does, you know, you know, in many areas of New York City. Um, that's wonderful. Um, I wanted to pivot more talking about, um, you know, the actual natural environment. And um, I wanted to ask you how you thought, how you think the environment in Queens and, you know, in the larger New York city area has changed over the years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1049.0,1076.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, as I mentioned before, I think unfortunately, you know, there's been more development, so more, you know, as much as we try to limit habitat loss, there's still habitat loss and impacts even to the best of our abilities to try to stop that there's still habitat loss, which is unfortunate, but you know, it's just simply a factor of population growth in the city. So, um, and right now we're just under a huge pressure to create all these new warehouses for the last mile delivery folks. So that's a big pressure that's happening right now. And that'll change some of the areas that have probably been a little bit more quiet before are getting developed into these warehouses. Um, but that's, that's been a very recent development mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e um, I think between DEC and the New York City Parks Department, we have spent a lot of money and time trying to plant more trees, which I think is a good, um, you know, a good way to sort of counter some of the habitat loss is to plant as many trees in as many places as we can. So to try to counter that a little bit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1076.0,1143.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right, right. Um, in your work with the department, do you see, um, an intersection or effects from climate change? Um, and if so, uh, what do you, what are you seeing?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1143.0,1158.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Sure. I mean, I think, I think one of the biggest things that impacts the most people and maybe is the most noticeable is that what they call sunny day flooding that just the high tide is causing more, the normal high tide cycle is causing more and more flooding, especially down in Southern Queens. Um, and it's just, you know, the way that carbon is increasing in the atmosphere, it's just gonna get worse and worse every time. So you're just gonna see flooding on a normal day. I mean, I think a lot of folks have seen pictures of Venice, you know, we're gonna be more and more like Venice where you just flooding is just a normal part of, of everyday life that at some point, um, and there's not much we can do about that, honestly, in terms of, you know, I think certain places will probably be, people will start to pull back from them like they did in Southern Staten Island. You know, people, I think the city and the state will probably be involved more and more in buyout programs where people just move back from the, from the areas that are getting consistently flooded mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e, but you know, outside of there's storm protection, which protects you from some of the big wave action that comes in from storms, but it's really not gonna protect you from day to day, um, tidal flooding. So these are things that are probably just gonna happen over time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1158.0,1235.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Our forestry folks are also working on looking at tree species. Are, are there places where we need to plant different trees that are more, um, more capable of handling warmer temperatures over time. In other words, transition species between Northern and Southern climates. Um, are we gonna, should we start planting some of these trees at the edge to allow them to migrate up a little bit faster, to compensate for loss of trees that might not be able to handle the warmer weather?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1235.0,1265.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm, yeah, that's really interesting thing about the tree. Um, the tree species, because right. We're experiencing more warmer weather right in New York City.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1265.0,1277.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: And lobsters lobsters do not, um, handle the warmer weather. So lobsters are basically for all intents and purposes gone from Long Island Sound. So the, the fishermen who used to fish for lobsters in Long Island Sound have had to either move to an offshore fishery or change to a different species, which is very costly for them because a lot of fishing is gear dependent. So if you, if you're fishing for lobsters, you spend a lot of money on your lobster traps. If you have to switch to say, um, trolling for clams or something like that, it's a whole different set of gear. So it can be expensive for them to change from one species to another. So I know it's been very hard on the local fishermen.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1277.0,1317.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1317.0,1318.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: This is gonna continue, you know, you'll talk to anyone who fishes and the fish species are just changing. They're moving, um, in re in relation to the warmer temperatures. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1318.0,1329.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. Yeah. Are there, have there been other, um, like Marine species that have been affected, like, you know, oysters or other things besides the lobsters?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1329.0,1341.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, oysters are suffering from a couple of different things. One of which is that the more carbon dioxide that gets absorbed into the water, the, the more acidic the water gets. And so it's harder for them to put down shells. So cuz their shells are made out of calcium carbonate. So the more acidic the water, the harder it is for them to get calcium carbonate in their shells. So, um, it will impact them over time as, as ocean acidification increases. Um, but they were more impacted many, many years ago, New York City waters used to be just chock full of oysters, but a combination of dredging to make new channels and water quality declines, because before water treatment was invented, people just dumped raw sewage into the, into the water around the city. And so the oysters became inedible and then eventually because of poor water quality, they just died off, but they are starting to make a comeback. Um, the billion oyster project has been working to grow oysters.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1341.0,1409.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, I'm sorry about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1409.0,1410.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: No worries. I um, so they are trying to grow oysters and put them around in different places in the city and there are some natural oysters what they call set baby oysters that come in and sit, they've found them on, um, on some of the peers in New York City. So they're starting to make a bit of a comeback, but that's really based on improved water quality because of the city's, um, water quality water treatment plants. So as we continue hopefully to improve water quality more and more, it should be easier for some of these shells to come back, but they will have to contend with ocean acidification in terms of shell, um, growth. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1410.0,1449.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e yeah. Well thank you for sharing that. It's um, you it's, you know, interesting. Um, it's sad to think about how climate change is changing. It's affecting the environment, it's affecting wildlife in different ways. Um, right. And you're seeing that in your work. Um, you know, um, a related question, um, you know, I've done a few of these environmental interviews. Um, and another question I like to ask every interviewee is, um, what do you think is the most pressing environmental concern facing Queens and again, New York City, um, at this moment in your mind.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1449.0,1490.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: You know, I would have to say it really is climate change. There's just so many, there's so many parts to the climate change issue. It's from not only from an environmental, just a wildlife and, and from a fish and wildlife and forestry perspective, but also from a human perspective, I think, you know, it's kind of scary to see some of the latest information. If we don't make some radical changes, we're gonna exceed the thresholds that they were hoping not to exceed. In which case it's actually gonna have a human toll, the heat island in the city, it's gonna get hotter and hotter in the city. So people are gonna have, as well as wildlife are gonna have a very difficult time cooling off in the city and also just storms the, the hotter, the atmosphere, the more water it can hold. And so storms are just gonna be increasingly, you know, these rainfall amounts are just gonna be wild.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1490.0,1542.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: We're going, you know, the rain that came in during Lee and Irene years ago, and that came in during Hurricane Ida last year. Unfortunately I think these are gonna be more and more frequent and cause flooding in areas. I mean, you, you heard it during Ida people were saying, we've never had flooding here that you're just gonna hear that more and more and more that people are, wow, we didn't have flooding here before and now it's just going to be, I mean, some areas just simply can't take that much water and get rid of it. We've, we've paved over so much area. There's so much impervious surface that it just blows out and causes these huge flows. And then there's only so much that the, the land can take in anymore. So,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1542.0,1581.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right. Yeah, that was, um, actually in another interview I had, that was what someone mentioned was, um, how, how people are paving, um, more and more land and the type of paving that they're doing, um, makes it, you know, very porous, like you're saying, and, and contributes to the flooding or makes it worse. Um, so to, you know, to move away from the, that question a little bit, my next question I had was, you know, since we live in, in such an urban environment, um, I wanted to ask you, um, how you think, and obviously you've touched on this a little bit, but how urban life intersects with the natural world, um, in, you know, in New York City and how, how we see that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1581.0,1628.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, I mean, it's interesting cuz there's pluses and minuses because we've built all these skyscrapers. It's actually made artificial nesting habitat for peregrine falcons. We actually have the highest density of peregrine falcons, which were endangered for many years in New York State here in, in the city because we basically, they like to nest on cliffs and we basically made all these artificial cliffs all around the city. So some of the things we do are actually beneficial to wildlife, as opposed to some of the things we do, which are terrible for wildlife, like all the reflective windows, unfortunately are ha take a toll on when the migratory birds are coming through a lot of the songbird crash into the windows and die. So, you know, one of the programs we have is to try to encourage developers to do, um, uh, there's different window types. I think there's a, a Audubon New York has a, a website devoted to the types of glass and things you can do to windows to keep, to make them less attractive to birds, to fly into.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1628.0,1686.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: So it's something that we would hope to encourage more developers to do is try to be mindful of the birds when they put their windows in. There's also, I think a Lights Out New York program to dim the lights at night. So they're, they're drawing in birds and bats less to these heavily lighted areas. So yeah, there's, there's pluses and minuses. It would be great if we could learn to live with wildlife a little bit better and adjust our habits to help them out a little bit more like the migratory birds and things like that. Um, and do more to put nest boxes up to encourage the peregrines to nest in the right place, cuz sometimes they do nest in the wrong place and, and that's a problem.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1686.0,1730.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah, yeah. I can imagine. Um, yeah, it's, I mean, it's an interesting thing to think about, you know, things that we do that, um, actually help or wildlife or, you know, suit their, their, um, needs versus things that, that hurt them. Um, that's interesting that you touched on how, um, you guys do, you know, some educational work with developers. Could you talk more about that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1730.0,1755.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, I think it's mostly Audubon that works with the developers on the, on the, the windows program. I think we've supported it in the past. Um, but we don't do that directly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1755.0,1765.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1765.0,1766.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: But we do, we do work with directly with a lot of the city agencies to put up nest boxes on bridges to make sure that the peregrines nest in the right place, like I was saying, so they don't take up residency in the middle of some place where they're, where they're either in the way and, and the agency's gonna wanna move the nest or it's just a bad place in terms of when the chicks start to fly. Sometimes they're a little less than perfect about getting into the nest. So you don't want them to drop out of the nest right into the middle of traffic or something like that. So it's best to have the nest box in a good place where it's safer for the birds and safer for the people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1766.0,1801.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1801.0,1803.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1803.0,1803.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. And do you see that the, the birds will, will use those nest box?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1803.0,1812.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: If they work with, you know, the, if the folks putting it in want that wanna put in the nest box will work with our Raptor folks to make sure they put it where the birds are probably gonna want to have it, so they'd be attracted to it. And if you build it the right way, put a little bit of, they like to have a little bit of rock rubble in the bottom. So if you build it in the right place and put the rocks in there for them, they're, they're pretty happy with them usually.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1812.0,1837.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay, good. Um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1837.0,1839.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: And National Geographic film, the ones there's a pair that have been using the MetLife building for a really long time in the city. And I think that National Geographic film woman had a special on them, so,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1839.0,1849.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, that's wonderful. They got some press \u003claugh\u003e.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1849.0,1852.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1852.0,1855.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: That's great. \u003caffirmative\u003e so that's great. Well that actually, um, that sparked a question when you were saying, you know, if people will work with you, um, do you find in your work with the department that, um, when you do this outreach and educational work, are people, um, open to these suggestions and, you know, changing their lifestyles or open to this information or do some people, um, are they resistant to it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1855.0,1881.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: It really depends. I think a lot of times when you talk to a developer and just say, look, if you just add this one, change in, maybe collecting your storm water, making a rain garden, something like that, it'll have a vast improvement. And if it's not a huge dollar figure for them, if it's just something they can do as part of the development, they're usually pretty, pretty good about it. You know, obviously if you're asking them to spend an extra million dollars on something, they're gonna be a little bit more, um, hesitant about it, unless it gives them some sort of benefit. Sometimes it's a public amenity that gives them a good benefit. So, yeah. And I think a lot of times when you point something out to people and the reason for why, why it's a good thing, they're usually pretty willing to do something. I think a lot of times it's just a lack of awareness that if they just change this one thing, it would be so much better. But again, people are people, sometimes they just wanna do what they wanna do. So yeah. Sometimes you get a little bit of resistance depending on the ask, but most people are pretty understanding.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1881.0,1941.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right, right. Good, good. It's yeah, I guess it right. It depends on, you know, every, every situation, um, like you said, um, well, speaking of people who, you know, are open to this information, um, um, what are some things that, um, you think people can do now to create a better environment in their communities?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1941.0,1965.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, um, I guess, yeah, if they're thinking about doing some home improvement or doing something around their house or something like that yeah. Keeping the amount of impervious surface paving down as much as possible to allow as much water to infiltrate in is, is really the best mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e. And if they can plant more trees, if they have enough space, I mean, I know that's a premium in the city, but you know, trees help with shading and taking up carbon dioxide. So I just, I'm always saying, look, if you can plant a bunch of trees and if you plant the right trees, it's good habitat for, for a lot of different wildlife species. So it helps even people think, well, you know, it's just my backyard, but you'd be surprised a lot of the folks that work on you, so-called pollinator pathways. If you have a, a small garden, if you plant it with native plant species that flower and help the pollinators, the pollinators can move from site to site, to site and get to a bigger patch of, of habitat even through all these little small scattered habitats. So it really helps every time. So if you have a few trees and you have some birds migrating through, they're like, oh, a tree. I can sit in for a little while. So rather than the big sprawling section of, of buildings or houses, you know, having a few trees to have the birds be able to nest, uh, I mean rest would be a good, a good feature. So mm-hmm, \u003caffirmative\u003e basically, I think looking at native, trying to plant native species as much as possible and not, um, not species that aren't native to here because a lot of times the, the birds and the insects and things don't know how to use these other species necessarily. So having natives is a really good option, as far as I'm concerned, you try to, well also typically do better here. You're not fighting against the, what the planet really needs by having a native in here. They're, they're geared to being here. So for the most part,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=1965.0,2081.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah, yeah. Um, I just lost my train of thought. \u003claugh\u003e um, uh, what was I gonna ask? Um, yeah, I mean, in talking about, um, things people can do, um, um, I wanted to ask also, um, oh, I was gonna ask, um, you were talking about, you know, planting, um, you know, certain trees or species are like, um, floral for, um, how would people be able to find out, you know, what should they plant depending on where they live or what would be, um, good for the environment?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2081.0,2123.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: I think I have to check, but let me just check really quick while we're talking. I think that there's a guide on the New York City Parks website.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2123.0,2131.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2131.0,2143.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Yeah. If you, if you Google, uh, New York City Parks native plants, they have a guide, which is really good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2143.0,2150.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. That's awesome. That's, that's very helpful. Um, you know, but yeah, if you, like, you're saying, if people have the space, um, and they're willing, um, you know, planting these specific trees can, can really help wildlife, um, in the environment as a whole, um, right. Um, you know, on that same, on that same line I wanted to ask, um, if there are other organizations that you recommend, um, people learn about that are creating positive environmental, uh, change.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2150.0,2181.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, the Nature Conservancy is a great organization in terms of, um, working on, on positive change on a lot of fronts. Um, also the Parks department does have the Greenbelt Native Plant Center out on Staten Island, which does grow a lot of native plants.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2181.0,2201.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Um, New York City Audubon is an awesome resource. They do a lot of programs, a lot of education programs and, um, get people excited about getting out to the different open spaces that we have to do some birding. Um, New York State also just opened what they call the Birding Trail. It's, it's a map that shows different places. And I think it's great for beginning birders. I think more seasoned birders will use something more like Cornell's eBird to find birds, but the birding trail is great for, if you, if you've never done birding any yet, you know, if you wanna just find out where do I go to see colonial water birds, for instance, you know, that's a great place to start.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2201.0,2243.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. That's great. Those, those, those are wonderful, um, organizations. Um, there's a few I hadn't heard of before, cuz I've, you know, I've asked this question before, um, as someone who doesn't really know a lot about birding, um, would you say there's like an active community in New York city? Um, oh","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2243.0,2259.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Yeah. There's some, there's some folks that are, that ranges from really casual birders to intense birders. Like I just saw the, the lifetime, you know, sometimes you'll have storms or something will cause wanders into our region that usually don't come here and you'd be amazed if you, if you follow some of these groups on Twitter, it'll immediately light up Twitter. I just saw such and such a thing at such and such a place. And all these like rabid birders will just flood the area, trying to see this rare, rare bird for the first time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2259.0,2289.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh my gosh. That's so funny. And of, yeah, of course they're like communicating online.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2289.0,2294.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2294.0,2295.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Are there, I mean, and are there a lot of birds, um, that are just specific to new, uh, to New York that, you know, people are looking like birders are looking for?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2295.0,2306.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, there's some birds that, you know, for sure, for instance will come to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at a certain time of year. They'll probably, you'll probably be able to see, um, say American oyster catchers, um, for a certain portion of the year during the summer they'll come and have their young here. Um, so yeah, there are certain birds that you you'll probably be sure to see every year they come back every year to nest, basically in the same place. So I'm not sure that we necessarily have any birds that are just New York, you know, New York centric, but there's certainly a number of species that come through here every year that you're pretty much guaranteed to see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2306.0,2348.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. Very cool. And you'd say, uh, Jamaica Bay is, is one where a lot of birds gravitate towards.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2348.0,2355.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Yeah. It's, it's just such a, there's still a lot of open marsh space there and a lot of open, um, area near the wildlife refuge where it's just very attracted to a lot of bird species. And then you have that crazy, um, parrot population that came in around Brooklyn. I guess they got out from the, from one from JFK, there was a bunch of, uh, green parrots that got out and now they're nesting around light poles. Anything that's warm enough for them to stay warm through the winter. They've managed to eek out on existence in Brooklyn \u003claugh\u003e so, oh, so yeah, sometimes you'll see these green parrots flying around. So there's all sorts of strange things in the city.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2355.0,2396.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, that's so interesting. And you know yeah. And people, people notice them and see where they are. Um, it's like a phenomenon kinda.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2396.0,2403.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2403.0,2405.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Do you have a favorite, um, environmental area in New York City that you enjoy?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2405.0,2412.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Um, wow. Yeah. There's I mean, there, there","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2412.0,2419.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Must be hard to choose.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2419.0,2420.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: \u003claugh\u003e it is, it is hard to choose cuz each one has its own, um, attractions. I, I do love to make Jamaica Bay because I do love to see all the different birds and, um, butterflies that tend to be at the refuge. Um, but our property out on Staten Island, Mount Loretto also has a similar really wide suite of areas. There's beach, there's marshes, both freshwater and salt marshes and forests and grassland. So it's such a diverse site that it's really neat. You can probably see pretty much any of the wildlife that you'd expect to see in New York you might see at Mount Loretto. So it's a neat site to walk around.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2420.0,2460.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. That sounds like a beautiful place. And like you're saying it has, it has, um, like different types of, um, you know, it has the beach, it has so much to offer. Um, if you guys use as a space yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2460.0,2474.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: And there's ponds, so you can see fish and turtles, you know, the freshwater fish and freshwater turtles and what have you. So it's just a neat place to go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2474.0,2481.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, that's wonderful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2481.0,2483.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: And we, we have, we have an American with Disabilities Act section in our lands and forest department. So we have been working very hard to make sure that we have as many accessible spaces as we possibly can in our properties. So a lot of our trails and overlooks are accessible. So, um, tomorrow's event in fact is gonna be a joint event between the state and um, the Office of, uh, Disabilities. So folks are more aware of what we have to offer on the site in terms of, um, other abilities, uh, being able to use different parts of the property. So,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2483.0,2523.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Oh, that's fantastic. Yeah. Is that, is that, um, is accessibility something that's, you know, an ongoing effort for the department and thinking about these environmental areas?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2523.0,2533.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Yeah, absolutely. It absolutely is. Cuz we want as many people as possible to, to be able to get out and enjoy the environment. So we just put a, an accessible boardwalk in, at our St. Francis site on Staten Island that hopefully, I mean, it seems to get a lot of youth so hoping you can get out into the forest without actually having to hike through the, any of the underbrush or anything else and basically up on the boardwalk and you can go in and enjoy the forest, which is nice. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2533.0,2561.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: That's wonderful. Yeah. That would, that's, you know, it's a great effort for, for everyone to enjoy, to enjoy these, these beautiful places. Um, you know, I know, I know, you know, the library right does the same thing right. To provide these, these resources for everyone. Um, right. My last, yeah. My last question, um, for you, for our interview, um, is, you know, kind of big question, um, and it is, uh, what are your hopes for the future regarding our environment?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2561.0,2589.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Well, I'm, you know, I have to say at this moment in time, I'm a little discouraged with our efforts on climate change and carbon capture, but I'm, I'm holding out hope that we're going to have more innovations in the carbon capture, um, field and, and start to make a dent in, in this carbon emissions because it doesn't seem like there's enough political appetite to stop the fossil fuel industry in its tracks right at the moment, which is I think the, our best hope in stopping carbon increase. So in the, in the absence of being able to, to do that, I think some of these new carbon capture technologies that are coming on, if we can really ramp those up and get those moving, I think that's our best hope for, for trying to stop some of the worst of climate change, but it's kind of discouraging sitting here right now. I'm very, I'm very worried to be honest about, you know, about missing our targets and what that's gonna mean for, like I said, for everything from humans on down to, you know, ants everything's gonna bake so, or wash away in the flood in one or the other, so right. It, it's very worrisome and, and I'm just hopeful that, um, all of our amazing minds in the technology section can figure something out.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2589.0,2671.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right. Absolutely. Um, well on that note, thank you so much, Susan, um, for doing this interview. Um, I really appreciate, you know, uh, you sharing about your work, um, you know, your, your early interest in environmental efforts and, and your thoughts on, on New York City environment at this point. Um, if you could just down, you know, for a few minutes after the broadcast. Um, but thank you again so much.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2671.0,2697.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Susan Maresca: Sure. Thank you for giving me the opportunity. This was, this was a lot of fun. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2697.0,2702.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300/transcript/39924/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Great. Okay. I'll end the, the, uh, broadcast.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75136/file/161300#t=2702.0,2705.65875"}]}]}]}