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Wawapek Preserve Expanded
The Land Alliance is pleased to announced that we signed a contract to purchase the Williams Estate – a three-acre property immediately to the north of Wawapek. This property which will provide an important expansion opportunity along the entire northerly boundary of the preserve.
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Long Island Water Education Program Expands to More Local Schools
Thanks to a generous $40,000 grant received from the New York State Conservation Partnership program, our Water Education Program will continue for two additional years. This fall, we expanded to include Great Neck and Valley Stream School Districts in addition to the five with which we launched the program during the 2014/15 school year.
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Humes Property Closed on July 10th
As you may recall, we entered into contract in December of 2014 to purchase the 28-acre Humes Property in Mill Neck and have spent the past few months completing our necessary due diligence.We are pleased to report that all testing has been successfully completed and we will move forward with closing on July 10th. Once […]
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Our 2015 Land Conservation Accomplishments
The acquisition of the 32-acre DeForest Williams property in Cold Spring Harbor was closed on March 10th. This was an $8.5 Million public-private partnership among the County of Suffolk, Town of Huntington, State of New York, North Shore Land Alliance and Cold Spring Harbor community. This acquisition created a public preserve in a densely populated area […]
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Our 2015 Annual Members Meeting
The Land Alliance held its Annual Members Meeting on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the Locust Valley Public Library. This was our largest Annual Members Meeting to date, with more than 50 members in attendance. Board Chair Carter Bales welcomed members and talked about the Land Alliance’s vision for the future. Hal Davidson, Co-Chairman of […]
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