牙买加湾野生动物保护区 2018 年

门户国家休闲区的牙买加湾单元位于纽约市，占地 18,000 英亩。牙买加湾的娱乐活动种类繁多，包括钓鱼、徒步旅行、游泳、射箭、皮划艇、骑自行车和露营。它是纽约市唯一能提供这种级别和类型的娱乐体验的户外场所之一。牙买加湾的游客数量不断增加，造成了许多影响，包括公园海滩上的垃圾。此外，牙买加湾还被当地的印度-加勒比印度教社区用来进行普查，这是一种以水果、鲜花、纱丽、被称为 "murtis "的塑像和陶器等形式向甘加女神献祭的仪式。这些供品通常会被放入水中，然后被冲到岸上成为垃圾。在这些仪式结束后，椰子、纱丽甚至动物祭品残骸等其他物品被留在海滩上也很常见。

在这次热点活动中，我们对 140 人进行了教育，帮助提供了 99 个小时的志愿服务，并清理了 18 袋垃圾

During Leave No Trace’s time on-site, the team hosted a workshop for National Park Service staff that focused on giving these staffers a better understanding of Leave No Trace skills and ethics as well as how they could communicate the importance of these practices to their visitors. They also teamed up with a local Hindu partner group called Sadhana for a beach cleanup. Sadhana works works to promote progressive ideals within their religion. As part of the clean-up, the Leave No Trace team was able to teach the volunteers a little about Leave No Trace and how they can share these skills and ethics as part of their efforts. Finally, the Leave No Trace staff was able to have many meaningful and educational conversations with the local community at Jacob Riis P{ark both during a busy day and at an evening campfire program.