Imagine a scenario, 30yearsfromnow, wherethe Westernpowers' resistance has beensapped byyearsofeconomicturmoil, environmentalcollapseand a bitterstruggleforresources.
At 3:15 in the morning, Jamie Powers and Kevin Thomas, environmental conservation officers for New York state, ease their 31-foot boat into the inky waters of Jamaica Bay, which bisects the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.