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Water Friendly Lawn Care Tips
Continue readingNitrogen pollution impacts the health of our bays and drinking water source. The #2 source of nitrogen pollution is fertilizers (#1 is septic systems.) In an effort to protect the water that sustains us, we offer some healthy lawn care tips.
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Worth the Wait: Humes Preserve Opened to the Public
Continue readingOn September 30th, North Shore Land Alliance officially opened the Humes Preserve in Mill Neck to the public without much more than a peep! We’d originally envisioned celebrations with Land Alliance members and donors at a preserve pre-opening., but…
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Restore our Bays: Applying Innovative Advanced Nitrogen Reducing Technologies to Long Island Septic Systems.
Continue readingNitrogen is one of the most abundant elements in nature and is essential to life. Almost 78% of the atmosphere is comprised of the inert nitrogen gas, N2, and nitrogen can be found in every strand of a living organism’s DNA.
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Government Updates: The Great American Outdoors Act and A Community Preservation Plan for the Town of New Paltz, NY
Continue readingOn July 22nd, in a 310-107 bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) and a new Community Preservation Plan for the Town of New Paltz, New York.
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2021 Walks in the Woods Preview
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance 2021 Walks in the Woods Preview. Our Walks in the Woods are open to the general public. Advance registration is required! To register for for more information, please visit our https://northshorelandalliance.org/walks-in-the-woods.
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Roosevelt Community Garden Safely Reopens
Continue readingThe Roosevelt Community Garden was able to safely reopen despite the COVID 19 Pandemic. Garden members ended the season with a Fall Harvest and Garlic Planting.
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Stepping Up to the Plate: Bostwick Dollar-For-Dollar Matching Gift Challenge
Continue readingTommy Bostwick of Bostwick Capital adopted a conservation ethic early on. He fondly remembers time spent outside helping his Dad care for the nearby Jane B. Francke Sanctuary in Old Brookville. When he saw the stewardship responsibility the Land Alliance was taking on at Humes, he stepped up to help. His firm launched a dollar-for-dollar […]
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O’Neil Conservation Stewards Program Extended
Continue readingWe are grateful to the William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil Charitable Trust for extending the grant for our O’Neil Conservation Steward Program for the next five years.
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Water Issues Are Not Unique to Long Island
Continue readingThe Florida Everglades is one of the most unique ecosystems in the world. Home to the American alligator, the Florida panther and countless other endemic species, the Everglades also provides important ecosystem services to South Florida such as replenishing our freshwater aquifers and buffering us from storms and flooding. The Everglades also face some huge challenges to its conservation.
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Loss of Plant Species
Continue readingBiodiversity is being lost – locally, regionally and globally. It is now estimated that approximately one third of global plant species are at risk of extinction.
