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SUMMARY:Volunteer Day At Meadow Croft:  Caring For Our Native Plants
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, November 11th from 10-1\, The Long Island Conservancy will be hosting a volunteer day at Meadow Croft.  Over the past several years\, The Long Island Conservancy has been reintroducing native plants at this iconic former estate of John Roosevelt while also removing invasive plants. \nMeadow Croft\nWe’ve planted Red Maples along the edge of the meadow\, established a native wildflower garden\, and planted American Chestnut saplings as part of our breeding program.  Native plants are crucial for our native wildlife. \nRed Maples — Crucial Plants\nNative Wildflower Garden Freshly Planted With Native Plants\nA Chestnut Sapling Ready To Plant\nAs winter approaches\, we need to prepare. Of greatest concern are the invasive plants that threaten the grounds. This time of year is the perfect time to tackle the problem\, and many hands make light work! \nThere are lots of reasons to volunteer: \n \n\nMany schools have volunteer requirements.  Monday\, Veteran’s Day\, is a holiday.\nEncounter Nature.  Meadow Croft is beautifully situated at a fork in Brown’s River.\nLearn about this historic estate\, once owned by Theodore Roosevelt’s cousin John.\nLearn about native and invasive plants.\nHear the story of The American Chestnut\, and about our efforts to bring it back.\nLearn how we can combat The Spotted Lanternfly.   What can we each do?\nGet some native wildflower seeds to start your own pollinator garden or meadow.\nAll volunteers will receive a Long Island Conservancy hoodie to be sent to you once we have your size.\n\nLet us know if you plan to be a part of our restoration effort to return native plants to Meadow Croft!   The Long Island Conservancy promotes local stewardship in communities across Long Island.  Where else can we help out? \nMeadow Croft is located at 299 Middle Country Road\, Sayville.   It’s on the north side.  Turn onto the gravel road\, drive through the reeds\, and the estate will be right before you.\nUseful links:\nWe Will Restore The American Chestnut\nAmerican chestnut tree seeing revival on Long Island in effort to stop extinction\nJoin the necessary fight against spotted lanternflies\nThe Spotted Lanternfly Can Be Defeated With Your Help \nIf you run into any snags or have any questions\, call (516) 778-9719 \n[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name”  required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form]
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LOCATION:Meadow Croft\, 299 Middle Road\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States
CATEGORIES:American Chestnut,Discussion,Invasive Removal
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SUMMARY:Phragmites Removal at McGill Pond
DESCRIPTION:Phragmites Removal \n[VIEW POST IN LANDSCAPE IF IMAGES GET SCRUNCHED ON MOBILE] \nThe Blue Point Civic Association\, with the support of The Long Island Conservancy and Councilman Neil Foley\, will be removing one of our least favorite of our “Dirty Dozen” invasive plants from McGill Pond in Blue Point\, Phragmites. \n \nPhragmites — It’s EVERYWHERE!\nAND because it is everywhere\, people believe it has always been here.  For most everyone\, it is a part of the scenery.  They will say that since it has been here so long\, it has adapted\, or that since it’s thriving\, it belongs here.   For the most part\, invasive or non-native plants have no local insect enemies to speak of.   It takes eons for an insect to evolve to where it can feed productively off a given plant.  It must develop evolutionarily the means to get past the plant’s defenses and then to digest the material so that it would be nutritious to the insect. \nPhragmites then creates ecological dead zones by drives out our native species and destroys habitat.  Everything starts with plants that support local insect populations.  There is little to eat in the reeds.  Our amphibian\, reptile\, fish\, and bird populations crash along with the insect population.  This is why Phragmites removal is so important:  It will take over a marsh\, and will spread as far as the wind and tides can carry\, so we must remove it\, no matter how daunting the task seems at first.  We have written on this before in Defeating Phragmites. \nVolunteer For Phragmites Removal \nHelp remove this scourge from McGill Pond in Blue Point.  It’s on Blue Point Avenue east side just north of #55 where Rogers Street meets Blue Point Avenue.   Here is a link to the property lot map. Here is a PDF of the area  \nWe want to be able to see McGill again from the shore\, and we want wildlife back to this place!  Phragmites removal is the first step.  Then come the native trees The Long Island Conservancy is donating to be planted where the Phragmites was!    That’s for another day though. \n[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name”  required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form]
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LOCATION:McGill Pond\, Intersection of Rogers Street and Blue Point Avenue\, Blue Point\, NY\, 11715\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gathering,Invasive Removal
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