Randall’s Island Park’s Repository

The Natural Areas Department monitor monarchs in partnership with Monarch Watch and Project Monarch Health to help researchers understand migration patterns and the spread of OE, a monarch parasite.

Partnering with Billion Oyster Project, RIPA staff and volunteers surveyed the Little Hell Gate Salt Marsh to identify the presence and abundance of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica).

The WATERS program provided paid, multi-year research and professional development opportunities for high school and college students from communities surrounding Randall’s Island. Through mentored field research, estuarine monitoring, and professional skill-building, interns conducted original ecological studies, contributed to ongoing Hudson River Estuary monitoring, and gained exposure to careers in environmental science and stewardship.

Effects of urbanization on the vertebrate scavenger community, their feeding behaviors, and ecosystem services scavengers provide is poorly understood. The authors studied vertebrate scavenger community and carcass removal rates along an urbanization gradient in New York State.

The goal of this project was to determine types of substrates on Randall’s Island, specifically the area around the Little Hell Gate Bridge, that provide habitat for oysters.

Bee populations have been steadily declining, raising serious concerns for the future of their species and associated plants. This project aimed to survey Hymenopteran species and other pollinators to help understand how land managers can promote a healthier pollinator community.