POSITION OVERVIEW

Following Hurricane Sandy, the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy and its partners at the National Park Service, NYC Parks Department, and the NAC created the Marian S. Heiskell Nursery at Floyd Bennett Field (FBF) to supply beachgrass for dune restoration projects in New York City. Beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) plays an important role in fortifying dunes, which are crucial for protecting coastal communities and ecosystems from storms and sea level rise. The production site at FBF is managed by the Seed Increase Program (SIP) at the Greenbelt Native Plant Center (GNPC), part of the NYC Parks Department. In the intervening years, the site has expanded to produce native seed from over 20 species for use in restorati