How do we support Long Island Parks & Environmental Conservation?
There are many opportunities to explore, study, and recreate in Long Island parks and natural areas. Yet in time, you may begin to think of ways to improve the parks you visit. That's where Quality Parks steps in. We will listen and can help you.
Quality Parks relies participant/observation to begin the improvement process. Participants submit online forms which are reviewed and incorporated into online content. The data provided directly documents park conditions and environmentalist effectiveness (explained below). Service hours and citizen science certificates are given.
We also offer certificate programs for advanced training, and keep a database of LI parks and environmental conservationists. And we promote Long Island environmentalists with paid listings. For a paid listing, we list content, provide helpful tips for web page improvement, and other insight gleaned from compiling data.
And we also maintain information about parks and environmental conservationists. Our goal is to provide basic information about the state of our parks (on Long Island) in terms of the quality of their natural resources, especially what volunteer monitors like best and what they think needs improvements. Our approach is a regional one, and not focused on one public lands manager. Essential to this process is field work that is accomplished by volunteers as community service. Also we plan to give walks/outings to these locations during off growing season months. That is when, we're not active growing and selling native plants, and attending busy, hectic summer schedules. We also have found it essential to identify those environmentalist involved in the care of these parklands, whether government agencies or local environmental groups. This enable us to work on park advocacy issues when the parks visited by volunteers, and reviewed by us, need followup.
To help fund this effort, we provide additional content promotion for those listed in our environmental conservation directory. Overall, we glean additional data, including
Quality Parks relies participant/observation to begin the improvement process. Participants submit online forms which are reviewed and incorporated into online content. The data provided directly documents park conditions and environmentalist effectiveness (explained below). Service hours and citizen science certificates are given.
We also offer certificate programs for advanced training, and keep a database of LI parks and environmental conservationists. And we promote Long Island environmentalists with paid listings. For a paid listing, we list content, provide helpful tips for web page improvement, and other insight gleaned from compiling data.
And we also maintain information about parks and environmental conservationists. Our goal is to provide basic information about the state of our parks (on Long Island) in terms of the quality of their natural resources, especially what volunteer monitors like best and what they think needs improvements. Our approach is a regional one, and not focused on one public lands manager. Essential to this process is field work that is accomplished by volunteers as community service. Also we plan to give walks/outings to these locations during off growing season months. That is when, we're not active growing and selling native plants, and attending busy, hectic summer schedules. We also have found it essential to identify those environmentalist involved in the care of these parklands, whether government agencies or local environmental groups. This enable us to work on park advocacy issues when the parks visited by volunteers, and reviewed by us, need followup.
To help fund this effort, we provide additional content promotion for those listed in our environmental conservation directory. Overall, we glean additional data, including
- Number of organizations with specially services and what they offer
- How to better reach communities
- What are community concerns? - based on park reviews
- How many service environmental justice communities - what they offer and how relevant to environmental justice listings
- What are listing interests and willingness to cooperate (advocacy, coalitions, work with other groups in what way - share resources… help with how open are they to providing resources…
Some of Our Environmental Conservation Accomplishments
Sometimes the charity work we do is hard advocacy, while at other times, it takes the form of passing on the right information to the right person at the right time. The overarching goal for our actions, not only improves existing park conditions, but we also help those who care for these parks via empowerment that strengthens their missions.
We grow and sell Native Plants and tick bite prevention spray, as a means to reduce lawns, and increase biodiversity, nature based solutions to climate change, wildlife habitat, and public safety when outdoors.
Over the years we've improved the wildfire danger rating system to match national standards. We've helped frame the protection of the Long Island Pine Barrens as a bioreserve (a popular global protection model). And we battled for 3 years to advocate for repairing/replacing a broken bridge, integral to a popular interpretive trail. Follow our News to keep informed.
Quality Parks is a federally recognized 501(c)(3), a publicly supported, nonprofit charity.
