Farmingville Residents Association teams up with Quality Parks, and  Bethel Hobbs Community Farm to feed those in need.

According to  the Hawaiian arborist Steve Nimz,  the Lahaina Banyan tree has a chance of survival with triage[1]." The fallen pitch pine was never given such a chance.

I didn't think we'd get wildfire smoke like LA, then came the Canadian wildfires. I didn't thin we'd ever experience a western fire, then we had the 1999 wildfire season. And I never thought a whole village would be destroyed, and now there is Lahaina (and Paradise, Oregon, in 2018).  My area of focus in on post rehab. A background, there was a recent fire at the Calverton Ponds Preserve in June, 2023. Lack of rain set up a fire situation where bulldozers created fire breaks. The following month I arrived on the scene dismayed. There is still no procedure in place to restore from dozer lines, and that why I created this donation campaign.  Any donation amount wild be greatly appreciated.

I’m often asked about the environmental impact of night lighting on the environment and on the night sky. ​

By Bob Laravie, Mill Creek Steward

 What is that horrible screeching sound?  Dragging the canoe into Port Jefferson’s Mill Creek Pond, the area recently rebranded as Brook Pond Park, I am off on another session of underwater cutting.​ ​Underwater cutting of invasive Phragmites seems to work well. Maintaining water depth of the pond is important because if the plants break the water surface they can regenerate quickly. 

 Reposted with permission, by Laura Markson, Nurture Native  Nature

Tips on how to start rewilding your landscape from a native plant gardener.

I’m restoring my backyard patch by patch. I’m following the Doug Tallamy rule of 70%. He has found that if we can restore our landscapes to 70% native plants, we can pretty much bring back the other native wildlife. I’ve said goodbye to the garlic mustard, am still working on that pesky English Ivy, and am tackling the barberries this spring.  I am replacing them with natives.

by Kim Simmen, KMS Native Plants

by Linda Lombardo, Wild Heart Nature Connection (both in words and in photos)

by Caran Markson

Why Consider Rewilding  For Life? The biggest benefit, also known as a reward  for including native plants into an established garden, is that you increase biodiversity. Pictured below is the rewilding of Carpenter Farm Park by Go Native Long Island, a huge effort underway to restore its natural state.