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Volunteer to Remove Mile-a-Minute, Cushman Woods
Friday, June 6th, 2PM – Volunteer to remove Mile-a-Minute vine to help control its rapid spread and protect native plants at this preserve. -
Open Space Society Dinner (SOLD OUT)
Friday, June 6th, 6:30 PM – Join us for our Annual Open Space Society Dinner – an unforgettable evening under the stars at the historic Sagamore Farm. -
Monarch Butterfly Talk and Milkweed Planting, Wawapek
Saturday, June 7th, 10AM – High school Girl Scouts are invited to join a fellow Scout for a Monarch Butterfly talk and milkweed planting. -
Tea Ceremony, Japanese Stroll Garden (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, June 7th, 3:30PM – Come join us in the Garden for a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, guided by skilled Tea Masters. -
Woodland Exploration, Saunders Woods
Sunday, June 8th, 3pm – Join the Land Alliance for a nature walk through this enchanting woodland that makes up our newest preserve. -
Volunteer to Remove Mile-a-Minute, Humes Preserve
Saturday, June 14th, 9AM – Volunteer to remove Mile-a-Minute vine to help control its rapid spread and protect native plants at this preserve.
Recent Conservation News
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Community Conservation
Continue readingLand conservation can take several forms. They range from an outright gift of land to the purchase of land to the donation of a permanent, voluntary deed restriction on land called a conservation easement. The parties can include individual landowners, estates (in the case of a post-mortem conservation easement), corporations and partnerships.
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It’s Go Time! The Campaign to Expand the Red Cote Preserve
Continue readingEarlier this year, the Land Alliance was given the opportunity to acquire an additional 4.52 acres of land from the Pulling family to increase the size of the Nassau County-owned Red Cote Preserve located on Yellow Cote Road in Oyster Bay Cove. We are pleased to announce that the Land Alliance has now successfully signed a one-year option agreement to purchase this land for approximately $1.5 million.
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Aquifer Study Released and the News is Not Good
Continue readingThe U.S. is facing a groundwater crisis and Long Island, where our sole source aquifer stores all our water needs in underground reserves, is no exception. In an investigation last year, The New York Times examined data for tens of thousands of wells around the country. In almost half those sites, the amount of groundwater had declined significantly over the past 40 years.
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2024 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award
Continue readingThe Land Alliance and its community partners have protected over 1,400 acres of land since 2003. But the noble act of conserving and stewarding land for future generations began long before us. Our community is the beautiful place it is today because of the vision of forward-thinking people who both valued land and understood its important role in a healthy future for us all.