After sustaining damage during hurricane Sandy, the National Parks Service will work with two more groups to ensure the future of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. NY1's Angi Gonzalez filed the following report.

A collaboration by three groups is helping make necessary changes at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Broad Channel.

"With more frequent flooding, sea levels rising and more sever storms in New York City, this work has the potential for application across New York City's more than 500 miles of coastland," New York Director of the Nature Conservancy Bill Ulfelder said of a new initiative announced on Monday.

The Nature Conservancy, using a $500,000 grant from the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, will work with the National Parks Service to make sure the preserve is around for future generations.

The National Parks Service has also secured another $300,000 for the effort.

"We've been working on selecting a palette of species that will help create more biodiversity and sustainable ecosystem," Gateway National Recreation Area Superintendent Jen Nersesian said of the nearly 20,000 new trees and shrubs that will be planted at the preserve.

The public will be able to help out with the efforts as the National Parks service says they'll need volunteers to help plant the native plant species they plan to add to the refuge over the next two years.