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Peter Markotsis – 2020 O’Neil Conservation Steward
We are pleased to welcome Peter Markotsis to the fifth year of the O’Neil Stewards Program. Peter joins the Land Alliance as a 2020 O’Neil Conservation Steward. A Long Island native, Peter Markotsis 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 be found reading outside, or nestled in a bookstore in an effort to write a novel about dragons. We look forward to working with Peter throughout the summer as he supports our land stewardship, conservation efforts, and community engagement across our preserves. About the William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil Conservation Steward Program Thanks to the Joyce C. and William C. O’Neil Charitable Trust, North Shore Land Alliance launched a formal internship program. Through this competitive program, qualified college students gain valuable conservation-related skills, including writing management plans for preserves, mapping trails, organizing volunteer and fundraising events, managing invasive plants, installing a woodland trail at Wawapek and educating the public about conservation. Contact Us! To learn more about the O’Neil Conservation Stewards summer internship program, visit us online at www.northshorelandalliance.org/oneil-stewards/ or contact us at 516-922-1028 or info@northshorelandalliance.org.
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James Pizaro – 2020 O’Neil Conservation Steward
James Pizaro Joins the Land Alliance 2020 O’Neil Conservation Steward Program We are delighted to welcome James Pizaro to our 2020 O’Neil Conservation Steward program. James is a student at Stony Brook University focusing on Environmental Studies. He is a Long Island native and an Eagle Scout and has dedicated hours of service to conservation through scouting. He is excited about helping our environment with his summer work at the Land Alliance! About the William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil Conservation Steward Program Thanks to the Joyce C. and William C. O’Neil Charitable Trust, North Shore Land Alliance launched a formal internship program. Through this competitive program, qualified college students gain valuable conservation-related skills, including writing management plans for preserves, mapping trails, organizing volunteer and fundraising events, managing invasive plants, installing a woodland trail at Wawapek and educating the public about conservation. Contact Us! To learn more about the O’Neil Conservation Stewards summer internship program, visit us online at www.northshorelandalliance.org/oneil-stewards/ or contact us at 516-922-1028 or info@northshorelandalliance.org.
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Friends Academy (FA) Students Raise Funds to purchase a Bench at the Humes Preserve
Help Us Make an Impact! We have been interning for the North Shore Land Alliance this month through our school’s ISP Program, an independent service project offered to seniors in their final semester at Friends Academy. The North Shore Land Alliance, a local nonprofit that has preserved over 1,200 acres of land on the North Shore, is opening the historic 33-acre Humes Preserve in Mill Neck to the public this summer. As a part of our project, we would like to raise $2,000 for a bench the Land Alliance will install for public enjoyment at the Humes preserve. We want to help make an impact and give this property something for everyone to enjoy – like a place to sit and enjoy nature with friends after the pandemic is over. Please help us reach our goal! The Humes Preserve is at the heart of a corridor of 150 contiguous protected acres in the Beaver Brook watershed. They form one of Long Island’s most treasured and ecologically valuable natural areas and boast an array of ecological communities like wetlands, streams and forests. Click here to read more about the Acquisition of the Humes Property in 2015. We chose to intern at the North Shore Land Alliance because we both love the outdoors and wanted to be outside every day helping in the Land Alliance preserves. We are also passionate about the environment and want to help protect land and make an impact in land conservation in our community. Our responsibilities at the Land Alliance have included trail maintenance, preserve cleanups and more. We have been in school together at Friends Academy for four years and have played football together for the past two years. Our experience at Friends has definitely been one to remember especially with doing our ISP internship at the North Shore Land Alliance.
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The Joyce C. and William C. O’Neil Conservation Stewards of 2020
The Joyce C. and William C. O’Neil Stewards Program Class of 2020 This is the fifth year of the O’Neil Stewards Program. This summer internship program for college students and recent grads has been endowed for five years by the William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil Charitable Trust. While the first four years were very successful, this year has been the most popular yet! 120+ candidates applied for our internship program making the selection process quite competitive. Our 2020 internship program kicked off on June 1st. The first few weeks have already yielded results: stewards built two new trails at the Humes Preserve, removed invasive plants from the meadow at Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve, weeded the pollinator gardens at Shore Road Sanctuary and Wawapek, maintained trails at Fox Hollow and Red Cote Preserves and assisted our garden manager at the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden. New this year, the O’Neil stewards are also developing a Notes from the Field blog that will be posted on our website to keep our members updated about all the work they are doing this summer. About the William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil Conservation Steward Program Thanks to the Joyce C. and William C. O’Neil Charitable Trust, North Shore Land Alliance launched a formal internship program. Through this competitive program, qualified college students gain valuable conservation-related skills, including writing management plans for preserves, mapping trails, organizing volunteer and fundraising events, managing invasive plants, installing a woodland trail at Wawapek and educating the public about conservation. Contact Us! To learn more about the O’Neil Conservation Stewards summer internship program, visit us online at www.northshorelandalliance.org/oneil-stewards/ or contact us at 516-922-1028 or info@northshorelandalliance.org. Meet the 2020 O’Neil Conservation Stewards Nicole Miliano – 2020 O’Neil Conservation Steward Peter Markotsis – 2020 O’Neil Conservation Steward James Pizaro – 2020 O’Neil Conservation Steward
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Places to Go and Things to Do
While social distancing is recommended right now, there’s no reason you cannot get up close and personal with Mother Nature. Health researchers have found that spending two hours a…
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