Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

From OSWIKI

Jamaica Bay is in the middle of the New York metropolitan area, and the uplands around the bay, as well as much of the Rockaway barrier beach, are dominated by urban residential, commercial, and industrial development. The bay itself has been disturbed by dredging, filling, and development for airports and other construction projects. Jamaica bay serves as a refuge away from the city that is still in the city for shifters. The desire and need to run and hunt has always been something urban shifters have had difficulty dealing with. Often the shifters of New York have turned to Jamaica Bay.

Ecology

The location of Jamaica Bay combined with the rich food resources found there make it a regionally important fish, wildlife, and plant habitat complex. This geographic location acts to concentrate marine and estuarine species migrating between the New York Bight portion of the North Atlantic and the Hudson-Raritan Estuary. Shorebirds, raptors, waterfowl, landbirds, and various migratory insects are concentrated by the coastlines in both directions. These migratory species are further concentrated by the surrounding urban development into the remaining open space and open water of Jamaica Bay. Jamaica Bay and nearby Breezy Point support seasonal or year-round populations of 214 species of special emphasis and listed species, incorporating 48 species of fish and 120 species of birds.

Areas It Includes

Jamaica Bay contains many public areas where anyone can role play, as well as more heavily wooded, restricted areas that are not accessible by roads. Those areas are restricted from human trespass in order to help maintain a natural environment for the wild life of the refuge. This provides and excellent place for shifters to retreat to and explore changing forms, hunting and other activities that are difficult to accomplish in the city.

• Jacob Riis Park
• Plum Beach
• Breezy Point
• Canarsie Pier
• Floyd Bennett Field
• Fort Tilden

Channel Information

Jamaica Bay is a specified general channel. This means that the topic can be changed by players to represent an area inside of the refuge. If you would like to play in one of the areas open to everyone, choose from some of the "Areas it includes" section above. If you would like to play in one of the human restricted areas, here are some example topics.

• A human restricted wooded area inside of Jamaica Bay - http://original-sin.net/wiki/Jamaica_Bay
• A human restricted marsh area inside of Jamaica Bay - http://original-sin.net/wiki/Jamaica_Bay
• A human restricted beach inside of Jamaica Bay - http://original-sin.net/wiki/Jamaica_Bay