We feared they were gone for good, but Canadian Geese survived troubled times in Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island. A special few found safety in the Wildlife Freedom Foundation’s (WFF) sanctuary.
By David Stone
A brutal reconstruction campaign wiped out the last natural shorelines on Roosevelt Island. And as a result, we saw little of the spring rebirth marked by goslings. But yesterday, we found a small group surviving, safe within the sanctuary RIOC built last year and managed by WFF.
A smaller family relaxed in the sanctuary…
The larger colony pictured above came next, but these were our first goslings for 2021…
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You Can FOIL* It
When information is acknowledged, delayed, and withheld until it no longer matters, transparency becomes a process, not a right
On April 15, at the Steam Plant Demolition Town Hall, a simple exchange revealed something far more consequential than anything formally presented that evening.
