Harvesting Wildflower Seeds

Butterfly Milkweed Seed

By harvesting local wildflower seeds from our own yards, we can restore native habitat right here where we live.

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We Must Seed The Future

The young people of Sayville are helping to harvest native wildflower seeds to be planted in beds throughout the community

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Saving Turtles: Protecting The Nests

A nesting snapping turtle via marshall.edu

Saving turtles at Meadowcroft will be challenging. The six snapping turtle nests on the lawn were clearly predated by raccoons — not mowed over as some were quick to claim. Getting people to accept this explanation will be half the problem. The other half will be covering the nests well enough that the raccoons can’t dig the nests out.

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We Champion LI’s Native Plants

The Long Island Conservancy and Marshall Brown are champions for native plants and for local habitat restoration. We need to plant natives in our yards as habitat for local wildlife.

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Save The American Beech!

Struggling To Live

The American Beech is in grave danger from Beech Leaf Disease. It’s a race for a cure.

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It’s Time To Kill Your Lawn

Luxury house with freshly mown grass lawn. Home exterior.

Lawns are expensive, costly to the environment, to our health and well being.

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The Suburban Lawn Must Die

"A perfect neighborhood. Luxury houses with nice landscaping" says the marketeer's caption

We need yards, not lawns. We need to learn what is native and what is not, and go native. Our local animal population is depending on us.

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Going Native

By going native, everyone can contribute to improving the local ecology, creating habitat for our local creatures.

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