{"id":3717,"date":"2016-04-08T09:51:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2016-04-08T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T13:51:21","slug":"south-shore-blueway-grand-opening-june-4-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/?p=3717","title":{"rendered":"South Shore Blueway Grand Opening June 4 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Grand Opening celebrates the community effort and support that helped make the water trail a reality.\u00a0The South Shore Blueway is a collaborative project by state, county and local government agencies, conservation organizations, volunteer groups, and the paddle community.\u00a0It took years of advocacy and tireless work. NACK members have participated in each phase of trail development, from suggesting launches, participating in outreach sessions, and conducting field surveys of trailheads.<\/p>\n

Now it’s time to celebrate what all that hard work has accomplished!<\/p>\n

The Blueway Trail Grand Opening<\/a><\/span><\/strong> features a full day of activities and paddling at Bay Park in Hewlett. Bring your kayak, canoe or SUP to participate in the Inaugural Blueway Paddle!\u00a0 Saturday, June 4, 2016 on National Trails Day.<\/p>\n

The South Shore Blueway Trail<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span> spans the\u00a0southern coast of Nassau County\u00a0encompassing the western bays of the South\u00a0Shore Estuary Reserve (SSER), comprised of\u00a0West, Middle, and East Hempstead Bays and\u00a0South Oyster Bay. From the western border\u00a0of the Town of Hempstead the project area\u00a0stretches 18 miles to the Nassau\/Suffolk\u00a0County line at South Oyster Bay. One of the\u00a0largest undeveloped coastal wetlands\u00a0systems in New York State, the large complex\u00a0of shallow, interconnected bays is separated\u00a0from the Atlantic Ocean by Jones Beach and\u00a0Long Beach barrier islands. Two openings\u00a0separate the barrier islands and connect the\u00a0bays with the ocean at Rockaway Inlet and\u00a0Jones Inlet. Hundreds of acres of tidal\u00a0wetlands, barrier beach and back-\u00b0\u00a9\u2010barrier\u00a0lagoon, creeks and channels, marshlands,\u00a0mudflats, and salt marsh islands characterize\u00a0the south shore region. The area supports a\u00a0diversity of fish and wildlife providing vital\u00a0habitat for migratory shorebirds, wintering\u00a0waterfowl and finfish. South Oyster Bay and\u00a0the Hempstead Bays are on the Atlantic\u00a0Flyway, a major bird migration route.\u00a0Multiple species of seals winter in the bays.\u00a0The South Shore Blueway Trail spans\u00a0the\u00a0Town of Hempstead and Town of Oyster Bay,the Village of Freeport and the City of Long\u00a0Beach, Jones Beach Island, and several other\u00a0villages and hamlets.<\/p>\n

South Shore Blueway Trail Map<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Grand Opening celebrates the community effort and support that helped make the water trail a reality.\u00a0The South Shore Blueway is a collaborative project by state, county and local government agencies, conservation organizations, volunteer groups, and the paddle community.\u00a0It took years of advocacy and tireless work. NACK members have participated in each phase of trail […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3717"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3725,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717\/revisions\/3725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}