Announcements & News

.Protecting the Long Island ENVIRONMENT - How You Can Help!

Long Island – Your Home - Help Take Care of the Land & Water

Listed below are links to events, organizations & programs dedicated to improve the environment. 

Many offer one day volunteer opportunities for clean-ups, events and information tables at community awareness days.

April 22 - Earth Day

June 4    - Fourth Annual Sustainability Conference >>>

September - 25th Annual International Coastal Cleanup - LI sites & dates >>>

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Alley Pond Environmental Center

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American Littoral Society – Northeast Chapter  

NYS.Beach.Cleanup - every September. For dates, locations & contacts >>>

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Association for Resource Conservation - Materials Resource Center

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Beautiful Baldwin Foundation

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Caleb Smith State Park Preserve

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Caumusett Foundation - Camusett State Historic Park, Huntington

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Clark Botanic Garden, Albertson

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Coastal Steward

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Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium

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Connetquot River State Park Preserve, Oakdale

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Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society 

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Fire Island National Seashore

Floral Park Conservation Society

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Friends of Hempstead Plains

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Friends of Massapequa Preserve

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Friends of the Bay

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Garden City Bird Sanctuary

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Glen Cove Beautification Commission

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Grassroots Environmental Education

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Homecoming: Sofia Garden/Sofia Learning Center, Amityville

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Huntington - Oyster Bay Audubon Society

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Keep Brookhaven Beautiful

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Keep Islip Clean

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Keep Manhasset Beautiful

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Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference

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Long Island Pine Barrens Society

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Long Island Seaport and Eco Center, Port Jefferson

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The Long Island Sound Foundation

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Long Island Sound Study - Opportunities around the Sound

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Long Island Sound Lobster Initiative

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Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation & Museums

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The Nature Conservancy     LINature.org

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New York Sea Grant   and  New York Sea Grant/I FISH NY Program

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New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

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North Fork Audubon Society

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North Fork Environmental Council

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North Shore Land Alliance

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Old Westbury Gardens

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Operation Splash

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Peconic Estuary Program

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Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, Oyster Bay

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Quality Parks

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Quogue Wildlife Refuge

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Sagamore National Historic Site, Oyster Bay

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Sands Point Preserve

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Save the Sound

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Seatuck Environmental Association

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Sierra Club - Long Island Group

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South Shore Audubon Society 

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Starflower Experiences

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Sustainable Long Island

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Suffolk County Parks, Recreation & Conservation

Sweetbriar Nature Center

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The Waterfront Center

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Wildwood State Park

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Create a Victory Garden for your community >>>

Nicodemus Wilderness Project - Apprentice Ecologist Initiative™  Become an Apprentice Ecologist and help save wildlife and the environment in your community

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Stop Throwing Out Pollutants - S.T.O.P  Collection Days 

Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, Southold

Hempstead         North Hempstead

 

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Green Street Long Island

How Green is My Town?

Center for Environmental Health

Citizens Campaign for the Environment

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Environmental Protection Agency

                                                                                                                                                       

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