Calverton Grasslands Imperiled

By Corey • March 14, 2008 • No comments yet

An article in today’s New York Times reports on the absurd indoor ski mountain proposal that would destroy what is perhaps Long Island’s finest grassland habitat. The development would cost over $1.5 billion (U.S.) and is opposed by many who care about the environment, particularly birders who want to see wintering Short-eared Owls and breeding Grasshopper Sparrows.

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Corey

Corey is a lifelong upstate New Yorker who recently took the plunge and moved to the city. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list and broke the magical 300 barrier in New York State in 2007 by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative. He lives near Forest Park in Queens with Daisy and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.