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Monday, December 12, 2011

A Visit to Newtown Creek



This morning we took a Skype trip to Newtown Creek!  Newtown Creek is the body of water that separates Brooklyn from Queens.   Look down next time you are on the BQE going over the Kosciuszko Bridge and you will see it.  Leading us on our journey was Lillit Genovesi, who talked about her work at the Creek.  She answered the children's questions and we determined that Newtown Creek, due to its high concentration of pollution and lack of dissolved oxygen, is not a habitat that could meet the needs of our trout.