bleeding programmes and actually when i was 16 i started working as a park ranger. i have working on the seashore now for over ten years. there was this really significant grassroots effort that dates back to the 1930s to actually create a seashore, seashore, here at fire island. part of that was actually just an attempt to prevent robert moses and new york state from constructing a highway across the length of fire island. robert moses was a polarising urban planner in new york city. he was instrumental in the rapid construction of highways after the great depression. because the island is so narrow, a road across it would have completely reshaped the landscape, threatening you take habitats like the sunken forest, and in order to protect these towns, each one with our own belly unique history and culture, they turned fire island into a national park. so that future generations could come here and enjoy it for themselves. come here and en oy it for themselves.
who both claim to be the real reason for paris s unique charm. so, don t go away. we are off to the us where around 50 miles or so from the heart of new york city is a little known national park fire island national park told. 32 miles of shoreline, forest but it is a faith that occupies the lgbt community. we went there to find out why. fire island national seashore is a national park. it s a barrier of 17 towns, 50 miles away from new york city. many of them are known for their long standing lgbt communities. the sunken forest is a globally rare ecosystem. it s a very uncommon habitat. it s the fact that those holly
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it has 52 miles of shoreline, forest but it is a place that occupies the lgbt community. we went there to find out why. fire island national seashore is a national park. it s a barrier of 17 towns, 50 miles away from new york city. many of them are known for their long standing lgbt communities. the sunken forest is a globally rare ecosystem. it s a very uncommon habitat. it s the fact that those holly trees are growing as close to the ocean and in such higher density as they do right here that makes this place unique. the forest sits behind two dunes, making it appear to be below sea level. they protect the trees from ocean salt spray and allow them to grow as tall as the dunes. the sunken forest would not exist if it weren t for this delicate balance. too much salt spray could kill the forest. not enough and the forest wouldn t have the minerals and nutrients that the ocean provides that feeds the trees. i grew up in mastic beach, which is sort of a lower income
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