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Spring Ephemeral Nature Walk, Coffin Woods (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, May 17th, 10AM – We are currently at capacity for this event. Please email the Land Alliance to add your name to the waiting list. -
Principles of Ikebana, John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden
Saturday, May, 17th, 3:30PM – Learn not only the technique and the theory of Japanese flower arranging, but also the Japanese culture. -
17th Annual Fore the Love of the Land Golf & Tennis Outing
Wednesday, May 21st, 8AM – Register to play tennis or golf, or sponsor our annual Golf & Tennis Outing in support of our land conservation efforts. -
Volunteer to Remove Parrot Feather Plants, Williams Ridge
Tuesday, June 3rd, 10AM – Help remove parrot feather plants from the pond—an invasive aquatic species that can disrupt local ecosystems. -
Volunteer to Remove Mile-a-Minute, Humes Preserve
Wednesday, June 4th, 10AM – Help remove Mile-a-Minute vine to help control its rapid spread and protect native plants at this preserve. -
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.
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.