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Latest Park Reviews

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11/10/23  - Jones Beach SP ​​- interpretive signs   were a little tough to understand

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11/4/23 -  Belmont Lake SP - If anything needs improvement, it's the clarity of the lake's water. 

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10/12/23 - Port Jefferson Marina - In need of several fish cleaning stations.

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10/01/23 - Robert Moses SP -The playground is a little old and run down. New equipment would fix it. 

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Latest Resource Reviews

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​Volunteer to  ​​Review a Park Resource.

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10/18/23 - Dropseed  Native Landscapes Nursery -  don't throw away leaves during the fall as animals use them for their nests. 

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9/23/2023 - Jenn Lucas Illustration ​- also provides nature illustrations for graduate/doctoral presentations 

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6/29/23 - Town of Brookhaven -  has partnership with state  to find a way to reduce green house gasses.

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6/24/23 - Brookhaven-National Lab - maintains habitats via controlled fires, meant to clear out unwanted vegetation 

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Latest News Stories 

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 Read more LI Environmental News

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8/23/23- Pollinators Benefit Crop Yields 

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8/15/23 - The Lahaina Banyan Tree and the Fallen Pitch Pine

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6/22/2023- Rewilding Your Garden? Meet the Dark Sky Movement

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6/8/23 -Downtown Port Jeff Mill Creek Project Benefits Wildlife 

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Featured Professional Members

Supporting Professionals

• Dropseed Native Landscapes Nursery - ecologically sound gardens for a more resilient world
• Ken Ettlinger - available as a consultant on seed saving & cultivating biodiversity

Enhanced Professionals

• CEED - environmental education & nature center
• Go Native Long Island - invasive species consultant
• KMS Native Plants, LLC - garden center with 60+ native varieties
• Quality Parks - native plant nursery & conservation services
• Wild Heart Nature Connection​ - certified forest therapy guide

Basic Plus Professionals

• Bob Laravie - landscape architect & environmental services
• Conscience Bay Quakers - religious society of friends
• Farmingville Residents Association - community relations
• Janet Hann - trail maintainer and crew supervisor
• Jenn Lucas Illustration -  natural history, murals, books, displays
• Nelson Pope Voorhis - environmental - land use - planning 
• Phil Benvin - master naturalist and conservationist​

About Quality Parks, a nonprofit charity

Providing more than twenty years of local knowledge about native plants, parks, and Long Island conservation, Quality Parks applies many tools including conservation biology, land conservation, and organizational performance to nature causes. Read more about us.

Selling at PJ Farmers Market

 President and Founder, Mindy Block has a lifetime of experience and dedication to the environmental conservation movement on Long Island, including advocating for parks and public access,  supervising volunteers, training master naturalists, and a grower & seller of native plants.  ​

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