RULA Common Lecture – 3:55 pm October 16, 2013
Today
at the Port Authority’s six airports, there are 1.3 million flights and
109 million passengers, annually. The six airports have a combine
total acreage of 15,176
Acres. The NY/NJ Regional Airports are located on relatively flat,
low, lying areas and former wetlands along our regions coastal shores
and waterways. The Airports are all located within the Atlantic
flyway. The Atlantic flyway is a major migration route for over 300
species of birds.
Ilonka
Angalet, ASLA LEED BD+C, Rutgers - CAES ’73 and Landscape Architect for
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will present: Landscape
Architecture and Preventing Wildlife Hazards to Aviation- Rethinking
airport land-cover paradigms. The presentation will focus on how and
why the landscapes at our regional airports are attractive to birds, the
consequences of bird strikes, airport wildlife management and how
airport landscapes have changed over the last 35 years.
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