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The Bronx River Alliance serves as a coordinated voice for the river and works in harmonious partnership to protect, improve and restore the Bronx River corridor so that it can be a healthy ecological, recreational, educational and economic resource for the communities through which the river flows. The Alliance works in close partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and with over one hundred other partners to reclaim the Bronx River.

Website: www.bronxriver.org

Lehman College serves the Bronx and surrounding region as an intellectual, economic, and cultural center. Lehman College provides undergraduate and graduate studies in the liberal arts and sciences and professional education within a dynamic research environment, while embracing diversity and actively engaging students in their academic, personal, and professional development.

Joe Rachlin webpage: http://a32.lehman.cuny.edu/PlantPhD/web/rachlin/Rachlin.html
Lehman College webpage: www.lehman.cuny.edu

The Maritime College is a small, prestigious, specialized college of the State University of New York. Its mission is to provide:

A learning environment that stimulates intellectual growth, scholarship and creativity

An innovative, “hands-on” approach to instruction directed by a dedicated faculty composed of experts in their fields

Quality undergraduate and graduate programs in international business, engineering, science and technology, with particular emphasis on the maritime industry

A structured community which emphasizes responsible citizenship and self-discipline, and which maximizes opportunities for exercising leadership

An opportunity for its graduates to qualify for licensure as a merchant marine officer or commissioning in the United States Armed Forces

Through its graduates, a quality workforce and prospective leaders for the state, nation and maritime and international business community, and

A nationally and internationally recognized resource of expertise in its specialized disciplines as they relate to the maritime field.

Dr. Barbara Warkentine (Professor of Biology): www.sunymaritime.edu/Research/index.aspx#warkentine
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's (NYSDEC) mission is conserving, improving, and protecting New York's natural resources and environment. Working from regional offices across the state and a central office in Albany, some 3,500 DEC staff pursue scientific assessment and vigorous action to protect and enhance New York's environment and natural resources. Each regional office serves communities within its boundaries. Citizens sometimes help in DEC's work without compensation, either as participants in advisory groups, or as volunteers on important projects, such as environmental education. NYSDEC's Region 2 office is located in Long Island City and covers all five boroughs of New York City.

Website: www.dec.ny.gov

In 1984, Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern founded the Natural Resources Group (NRG). NRG's team of biologists, natural resource managers, mapping scientists and restoration ecologists, develop and implement management programs for protection, acquisition, and restoration of the City's natural resources. NRG's Mission is to conserve New York City's natural resources for the benefit of ecosystem and public health through acquisition, management, restoration, and advocacy using a scientifically supported and sustainable research.

Website: www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/nrg/nrg_home.html