Date: 10/13/25 6:21 am From: Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Don Riepe at NYC Friends of Clearwater - Friday, October 17th, at 6:30 pm. Live Music, too
I think most of us know, respect and love Don and what he's done for the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refusge and the birds that nest or migrate through there. It's a pot luck, so folks are encouraged to bring something to eat and share. It's also an open mic concert that opens and closes the evening. Some of the music is sing-along and some isn't.
It'll be a great evening.
Ken www.ecoradio.org
When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not, become one. 'Nuff Said!
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Get together with NYC Friends of Clearwater--Friday, October 17th, at 6:30 pm. Live Music, Environmental Presentation: Jamaica Bay Estuary: An Urban Oasis for Wildlife & People , & Pot-luck! Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 15:22:46 -0400 From: NYCFriendsOfClearwater <nycsloopclub...> To: NYC Friends of Clearwater <nycsloopclub...>
Dear Friends - You are invited on Friday, October17th, at 6:30pm to NYC Friends of Clearwater's night of live music, potluck dinner, and environmental discussions and announcements. Bring your voices, instruments, and food or drink to share. Join us! We have a great time!
_Environmental presentation: _
Jamaica Bay Estuary: An Urban Oasis for Wildlife & People. Our guest speaker tonight is Don Riepe. The Jamaica Bay estuary is home to many species of birds and other wildlife and is in Brooklyn and Queens. Managed by the National Park Service, the 13,000 acre preserve contains a variety of habitats such as saltmarsh and upland islands, old fields and open water. Don will discuss his past experience as refuge manager and current role as Jamaica Bay Guardian where he oversees a long-term raptor banding program for ospreys & barn owls, conducts annual butterfly, waterfowl and laughing gull census work, and interacts with the many agencies and user groups in the bay area. He will show many unique slides of birds, butterflies, reptiles, etc. in an urban setting and how the park manages for them.
Don Riepe was the NY Chapter Director for the American Littoral Society for 25 years and is now the “Jamaica Bay Guardian”. He recently retired from the National Park Service where he worked as a naturalist and manager of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in NYC . Don has written many articles on natural history subjects and his photographs have been published in many journals including Scientific American, National Wildlife, Audubon, Defenders, Underwater Naturalist, Parade and The New York Times. An avid birder, he also has a keen interest in Lepidoptera ( butterflies & moths).
_Report back:_
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Annual Meeting was October 5^th .
One great thing about having our 3rd Friday night gatherings in person is that we can have our pot-lucks! Bring food and drinks to share! We encourage folks to bring your own utensils and reusable dishes but there will be plates and utensils supplied.
_Circle of Song_:
Musicians and all creativity welcomed. We invite you to bring announcements and items of interest to share.
Clearwater is Pete Seeger's legacy and was founded in the spirit and practice of the arts and activism, so all are welcome to play, sing and hang out with us. Join in with your instruments, your voices, your poetry, or whatever you would like to share! It will be helpful if musicians let us know ahead of time that you would like to participate.
Our monthly gatherings take place at Judson Memorial Church, an organization which shares our vision of social and environmental justice, and activism through the arts.
Set-up is at 6p.m. So I you could come early that would be a terrific help.
Location: Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall, 239 Thompson Street, Assembly Hall (lower level) bet. 3rd & 4th Streets, just south of Washington Square. It’s in the basement, so please ring the bell and we’ll buzz you in. @judsonchurchnyc
Subway Info: A,B,C,D,E,F,M to West 4th Street station (at 6th Ave); N, R to 8th Street station (at Broadway); 1 to Christopher Street station (at 7th Avenue).
COVID statement: You are welcome to wear a mask or not, as you choose. However, out of respect for the community, please don't come if you have recently tested positive for covid or have symptoms of covid.
Our NYC Friends of Clearwater gatherings were on Zoom for several years and we will still have a basic Zoom link at our in-person meetings for those who wish to join that way. We still want our friends from further away to be able to join us! We hope to have a better hybrid set-up in the future--If anyone has a skill-set in that area your assistance would be appreciated.
For those joining the NYC Friends of Clearwater Gathering by Zoom the link is:
Our friends at _People's Voice Cafe_ present live folk music concerts on many Saturday nights, They have started back up as of September 2025 at 239 Thompson St. in the Assembly Hall. https://peoplesvoicecafe.org/
Would you like to help improve and update our website? Please join NYC Friends of Clearwater Website Committee -- email <reweaving...> <mailto:<reweaving...>for further information. We welcome your input.
NYC Friends of Clearwater is an environmental education organization that believes in celebration through music and community. We are a chartered sloop club of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, both founded by folk musician and activist Pete Seeger 56 years ago to clean up the Hudson River.
