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Land Alliance Volunteers Are Making a Difference at Our Preserves
Continue readingVolunteers brave inclement weather to help remove invasive vines and shrubs, partake in a beach cleanup and habitat restoration project and remove trash from the Humes meadow. Students also help conduct hands-on assessments and….
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Improvements at the Humes Property
Continue readingIn preparation for its opening in July 2020, the Humes Property is getting some finishing touches. Repairs are being made to the formal garden, tennis court and old tennis hut. Plantings are also underway in addition to the creation of a new outdoor fitness area.
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Meadows and Trails Update
Continue readingSince our 2019 Fall Conservation News newsletter, the Suzanne and Carter Bales Quiet Meadow has started to look more meadow-like. After two years of clearing, rubbish removal and weed management, we seeded warm-season grasses and a small volume of wildflowers (along with winter rye), in the phase one area (3.5 acres) last November.
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Experience the History of the Humes Preserve
Continue readingThe Schmidlapp-Humes Estate, now known as the Humes Preserve, has a long history that dates to the Matinecock Indian tribe’s occupation of the area. It includes 17th-century boundary disputes between the Dutch and English and milling and farming from the 18th to 20th centuries.
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Places to Go and Things to Do
Continue readingWhile social distancing is recommended right now, there’s no reason you cannot get up close and personal with Mother Nature. Here’s a list of preserves we own or manage that are currently open to the public. You are welcomed to take a hike or jog along a preserve trail or pack a picnic lunch and enjoy “forest bathing” in a preserve meadow.
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Humes Preserve Opening
Continue readingThe Land Alliance purchased the Humes estate in 2016. After four years, we’ve retired our debt and are now preparing to open this spectacular 28-acre property as the Humes Preserve in June! As passersby can easily see, the meadow has been cleared and grasses are growing in. Thanks to a generous grant from NYS the […]
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Don’t Be a Litterbug
Continue readingWhile we welcome everyone to get outside and visit our preserves, we also want to encourage people to help take care of them. Litter is a big problem not only at our lovely preserves but all around our North Shore communities and in the world at large. Whether you’re driving down 25A or walking along […]
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NYS Budget Supports the Environment
Continue readingLegislature and Governor Cuomo have agreed on a State budget that prioritizes our environment and commits record funding to natural resource conservation and climate change.
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Meet Jill DeGroff – Bringing Art and Inspiration to the Land Alliance Community Garden
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance Thanks Jill DeGroff for Sharing Her Creativity and Community Spirit Jill DeGroff began volunteering at Land Alliance Community Garden in Roosevelt in 2018. She began working with Keno Williams, the onsite manager, conducting weekly garden maintenance and distributing food in the evenings for the community food share. This season, Jill could […]
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Protecting Habitat for Plants, Animals and People
Continue readingEarth is losing biodiversity at an alarming rate. There’s been an average 60 percent decline in mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians globally since 1970, according to the World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report 2018. While climate change and pollution are contributors, the number one driving force behind the catastrophic decline in species is habitat loss. Habitat is defined as the natural home of plants and animals
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Land Alliance Earns National Recognition
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance is proud to announce that we have been reaccredited by the national Land Trust Alliance – proving once again that, as part of a network of over 400 accredited land trusts across the nation, we are committed to professional excellence and to maintaining the public’s trust in our conservation work.
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O’Neil Conservation Stewards Reflect on Their Experience
Continue readingAs we wrap up the fourth year of our college internship program, we thought it important to reach out to some of our past interns.
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Strategic Village Parcel Conserved
Continue readingThe Land Alliance is pleased to announce the donation of the 193 Underhill Road property in Matinecock. The parcel, consisting of 2.3 acres, was given to the Land Alliance by Mr. and Mrs. James MacDonald and family.
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Critters Love Messy Gardens
Continue readingTempting as it might be to “clean up” the garden and your yard for winter, as far as wildlife is concerned, it’s best to leave them as is for the season. “Messy is definitely good to provide food and shelter for birds during the cold winter months,” says Tod Winston, Audubon’s Plants for Birds program […]
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Season Two at the Roosevelt Community Garden
Continue readingLand Alliance concludes season two at the Roosevelt Community Garden with 16 new garden members and more educational programs for the community.
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Year Five of the LI Water Education Program
Continue readingSince its launch in September 2014, the North Shore Land Alliance Water Education has been actively engaging local students in learning about Long Island’s water resources.
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Food and Climate: The Way Forward Lecture and Panel Discussion
Continue readingThank you to everyone who attended the Food and Climate: The Way Forward lecture and panel discussion at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Monday, October 28, 2019 co-hosted with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, North Country Garden Club, The Nature Conservancy, Three Harbors Garden Club and St. John’s Church (Cold Spring Harbor). It was a wonderful evening addressing an important topic with 225 people in attendance.
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Matheson Meadows Transfer
Continue readingWestern Long Island is not a place one would expect to find vast expanses of meadow habitat, so the passage up Fort Hill Drive in Lloyd Neck, which bisects Matheson Meadows, is an unexpected pleasure. In 1968, Mrs. Anna Matheson Wood, founder and an honorary member of the Three Harbors Garden Club, conveyed the meadows […]
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Humes Meadow Restoration
Continue readingThe Land Alliance acquired the Humes property in Mill Neck on July 10, 2015. The property completes one of the most significant open space corridors on Long Island’s north shore, totaling 150 contiguous acres in the heart of the Beaver Brook watershed. Protection of corridors like Beaver Brook is critically important in the face of […]
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Earth Day at the Roosevelt Community Garden
Continue readingOn April 22, 2019, nearly 50 volunteers including garden members gathered at the Roosevelt Community Garden for the Land Alliance’s Earth Day event.
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Tick Talk, Tick Talk
Continue readingAs the spring season arrives, many people head outdoors – which is a good thing! Unfortunately, and mostly due to climate change, ticks are there waiting for us in greater numbers than ever before. When walking through woods, underbrush, tall grasses or weeds, on your own property or in Land Alliance preserves, the chance of […]
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Golf Outing Sets Record
Continue readingThis year’s Golf and Tennis Outing took place on Wednesday, May 22nd at the beautiful Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley was our most financially successful and largest event to date with 180 guests in attendance! Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty President and Chairman of the Board, Pat Petersen, was honored as a dedicated and […]
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Humes Meadow Update
Continue readingWhen protecting important natural areas land trusts are also protecting parts of history. The significance of the history can range from a simple record of land ownership to detailed accounts of human history and land use. The Humes property in Mill Neck illustrates the latter. Given both the important cultural and natural resources found on […]
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Take the Great Healthy Backyard Pledge
Continue readingThe Land Alliance’s primary purpose is to protect the land that protects our drinking water. Growing awareness about this serious problem of chemicals helps educate people and drives action that improves the lives of our community.
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Golf Courses and Drinking Water
Continue readingAs you may have heard, Senator Carlucci from Rockland County and Assemblywoman Galef from Ossining have introduced enabling legislation, S4420 and A6444 respectively, that would adversely affect many golf courses in New York State. It would allow municipalities to assess New York State golf courses and clubs based on the properties’ highest and best use. […]