Nature is resilient; in-fact it may have created a great unique opportunity with the hurricane of last week.  Wolfe's Pond, Staten Island, New York was literally washed away to sea when the land broke free from the pounding waves and breeched, what at one time, kept a popular fresh water pond a quiet and familiar place to generations of Islanders. We have a chance to be a part of the restoration perhaps? If anyone knows whose leading the charge to rebuild it;I'd love to know and help spread the word. E-mail me a link or something.... thanks
I'd love the chance to photograph the work that could be done. 
The debris is now exposed and can be removed with the right effort.  There are bottles, tires, cans, etc etc....
(Maybe an Eagle Scout project, or a local school or environmental group....)