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Land Alliance Thanks our Active Volunteers
Continue readingWe would like to highlight two volunteers, Richard Weir and Peter Meleady, who have provided extraordinary services this spring (and over time) to help us accomplish our land conservation mission.
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Volunteers Give a Hand 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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Reflections from a Long Island Water Education Teacher
Continue readingSince 2014, the Land Alliance has been visiting my West Side School sixth-grade science classes in Laurel Hollow to teach students about the effects of pollution on Long Island’s aquifer. This workshop/field trip is by far my favorite!
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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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2020 O’Neil Conservation Stewards
Continue readingA Long Island native, Peter is a rising senior at Vassar College majoring in Earth Science and Society (a unique blend of Earth Science and Geography) and minoring in Creative Writing. When not exploring the Peconic Bay on a paddle board or attempting to hike the 46 highest mountains of the Adirondacks, Peter can often […]
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Friends Academy (FA) Students Raise Funds to purchase a Bench at the Humes Preserve
Continue readingMichael Mead and Blake Nagel would like to raise $2,000 to help purchase a bench for the Humes Preserve.
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Meet our 2020 Summer Conservation Stewards
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance is pleased to announce that we’ve selected three new interns for our O’Neil Conservation Steward program for Summer 2020.
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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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Climate Tips for Spring
Continue readingEven though Greenhouse Gas Emissions have been reduced with people staying home, climate change continues to be the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment.
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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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Food and Climate Change: The Way Forward
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 28th 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 […]
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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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Holiday Waste Alert!
Continue readingDuring the period between Thanksgiving and New Years, the waste we produce rises 25%. According to the EPA food waste, shopping bags, wrapping, packaging and all we pitch at this time of year contribute an extra 1 million tons a week to our landfills. As you prepare for the holidays, don’t forget your reusable bags, […]
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Nixon Peabody Volunteer Day at Shore Road Sanctuary
Continue readingNixon Peabody, LLP assist with a beach cleanup and cutting invasive Phragmites at Shore Road Sanctuary in Cold Spring Harbor.
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Invasive Species Awareness Week
Continue readingVolunteers removed garbage bags full of the invasive from the meadow at Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve in Upper Brookville.