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The Importance of Private Conservation: Celebrating Local Conservation Heroes
Continue readingToday, we would like to celebrate our North Shore conservation champions – the local leaders who have been first to step up to donate their land or permanently protect it with a conservation easement. Their gifts will continue to improve the health of our community for generations to come!
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Happenings at Humes – From Gardens to the Garage
Continue readingWe were kept busy with mowing the phase two area of the meadow this year but unfortunately that was more due to controlling weed growth than keeping winter rye from going to seed, (as had been the case with phase one). Last fall’s seeding of the phase two area was less productive than phase one’s. […]
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Invasive Plant Species Proliferation on Long Island
Continue readingAs noted in a recent NY Times article, over the past 120 years, voracious insects and other pathogens have swept across North America with frightening regularity.
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The Value of Coastal Areas: What is Shore Road Doing for You?
Continue readingShore Road Sanctuary is an eight-acre nature preserve. It features a salt marsh, grassland and wet meadow that is very often partially submerged by water. As you walk there, you may notice birds hidden amongst the grasses and fiddler crabs scuttling along the beach.
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Water Quality Improvement Program Update
Continue readingAs of May 2021, Nassau County homeowners and small business owners became eligible for grant funding from the Soil and Water Conservation District’s SEPTIC program. In November, a Sea Cliff resident successfully installed Nassau County’s first ever nitrogen-removing clean water septic system.
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SAVE THE DATE! John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden Opening Day
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