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The Importance of Protecting Wetlands
Continue readingMore than half of America’s coastal wetlands, approximately 120 million acres, have disappeared since 1900. Why has this happened?
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What are Wetlands and What We Can Do to Protect them?
Continue readingWetlands are defined by the EPA as areas where water covers the soil or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during the growing season.
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Climate Change Conversation
Continue readingOn Wednesday, October 17, 2018, the Land Alliance, in partnership with the North Country Garden Club, hosted an informative, non-partisan and balanced lecture about climate change.
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An Extraordinary Gift for Future Conservation Projects
Continue readingWe are so pleased to announce that this past spring, Sandy and Eric Krasnoff made a very generous gift of $750,000 to the Land Alliance’s Conservation Action Fund (CAF).
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2018 Long Island Food Conference: Food as a Solution Featuring Frances Moore Lappe
Continue readingOn November 3, 2018, LIU Post, Cornell Cooperative Extension, iEat Green, Long Island Cares, Sierra Club, North Shore Land Alliance and others, under the umbrella of the Long Island Food Coalition, hosted a full-day conference titled Food as a Solution. This event brought together a variety of community members and organizations around key topics in food, policy, agriculture and health in a changing climate.
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First Season of the Roosevelt Community Garden
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance, Nassau County and the Roosevelt Community officially launches the the first season at the Roosevelt Community Garden, Roosevelt, New York.
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Discovering the Story of the Humes Property
Continue readingWhen the North Shore Land Alliance acquired the 28- acre Schmidlapp-Humes estate in 2015 and the adjacent 7-acre John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in 2017, the land was protected for its significant ecological value. While historical sites are a small part of the Land Alliance’s mission, acquiring undeveloped land has been our primary objective.
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Highlights from the 2018 O’Neil Conservation Steward Program
Continue readingThanks to the Joyce C. and William C. O’Neil Charitable Trust, the Land Alliance completed another successful year with their O’Neil Conservation Stewards program, which began in 2016.
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Land Alliance Celebrates 15 Years of Land Conservation
Continue readingOn June 2, 2018, the official 15th Anniversary birthday party for members, friends and elected officials was held at the historic Humes property in Mill Neck.
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The Roosevelt Community Garden is Up and Running
Continue readingOn Saturday, June 9, 2018, North Shore Land Alliance and the Roosevelt Community officially opened to the Roosevelt Community Garden.
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Facelifts for Three Preserves
Continue readingAttractive changes are afoot at the entrances of three of the preserves the Land Alliance stewards: Red Cote Preserve, Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve and James Sanctuary.
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MSC Industrial Supply Gives a Helping Hand
Continue readingMSC Industrial Supply has generously volunteered its staff for many years on Land Alliance projects. This year, MSC team members celebrated Earth Day at the newly founded Roosevelt Community Garden.
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Land Alliance Welcomes the 2018 O’Neil Conservation Stewards
Continue readingWe are excited to announce that we have selected three interns for the class of 2018. Our O’Neil Conservation Stewards program is designed to give students a well-rounded experience, providing a glimpse of what the world of environmental nonprofits is like, along with hands-on stewardship experience on Land Alliance properties.
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Humes Property is Coming Back to Life
Continue readingHave you driven by the Humes property in Mill Neck lately? If so, you’ll have seen that the 7+acre meadow has been mowed for the first time in decades.
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Spiffin’ Up
Continue readingWe’re pleased to announce entryway improvements at two of our most-loved preserves:
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Seven Acre Easement in Oyster Bay Cove
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance is currently working with Debbie and Howard Grace to acquire seven acres of their property in the Village of Oyster Bay Cove through a bargain sale transaction.
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2018 Walks in the Wood Preview
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance 2018 Walks in the Woods is a series of free, educational and interactive explorations.
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Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is Officially Acquired
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance officially acquired the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden property on May 23, 2017.
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Macy Property in the Village of Lloyd Harbor is Preserved
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance is proud to announce that the Macy property in the Village of Lloyd Harbor has been preserved.
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America’s National Parks and Monuments Are Under Attack
Continue readingNational monuments are nationally important lands and waters that are set aside for permanent protection, primarily by U.S. presidents under the Antiquities Act. A president may also set aside land or water assets as a national monument and then Congress can change that land’s designation to another type of national park site.
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Year Two of the O’Neil Stewards Program
Continue readingOur evaluation committee of conservation professionals reviewed 21 applications this year and chose four members for the Joyce and William O’Neil Stewards Program class of 2017.
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Roosevelt Community Garden Project
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance, in partnership with Nassau County and the Long Island Community Foundation, is in the process of establishing a community garden in Roosevelt on a 10,000-square foot property owned by the County
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Scouts Make a Difference
Continue readingGirl Scout Cadette Troop #1805 of Mineola spent a sunny afternoon with the Land Alliance cleaning up the shoreline at Shore Road Sanctuary in Cold Spring Harbor. The girls were helpful in discovering a delicate nest of a Killdeer (a shorebird related to the Piping Plover) who had decided to make her home next to […]
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Land Alliance Will Purchase the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden
Continue readingAfter more than two years of negotiation, the North Shore Land Alliance has signed a contract to purchase the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck from the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden Foundation. This approximately seven-acre parcel, immediately adjacent to the 28-acre former Humes Estate (which the Land Alliance acquired in July of 2015), was […]
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The Importance of Connectivity – Smithers Connector Parcel
Continue readingIn September, the North Shore Land Alliance acquired from the Smithers family two parcels totaling seven acres in the Village of Mill Neck. The Land Alliance has long been interested in acquiring and preserving this important area because it connects Nassau County’s Upper Francis Pond preserve (formerly known as Smithers Pond) to the south with […]