Author: marshall
Let Our Waters Run Free! No More Dams!
Long Island needs to let its waters run free. Let’s stop damming our rivers and creeks
Volunteers Get To Work at “The Roosevelt Estate”
On November 11th, Fifty volunteers came to help weed out at “The Roosevelt Estate” aka Meadow Croft in Sayville.
Invasive Species and Our Natives: Essential Knowledge
It is imperative that we learn the difference between invasive species and native ones if we are to restore habitat on Long Island
The Spotted Lanternfly Can Be Defeated With Your Help
The negative impacts of the invasive spotted lanternfly have been detailed in Long Island and other publications, and while the population of these unwelcome insects continues to require intervention to prevent their unchecked spread across our region, there are steps that every Long Islander can take in their own backyard to protect against them.
Learn Native Gardening at Plantstock!
Plantstock is a gathering at Hamlet Organic Garden in Brookhaven Hamlet centered around native gardening. It’s aim is to bring together native plant lovers and environmental advocates from all over Long Island so that we together can continue to build a movement centered around habitat restoration and local stewardship in every community.
Remove Your Porcelainberry!
Porcelainberry is one of our Dirty Dozen worst invasive plants. It’s vines are overwhelming our woodlands, strangling and shading them out. Introduced in the 1780’s from China as a decorative plant, porcelainberry, like so many imported ornamentals, is invasive. Imported plants face few natural enemies. The insects here did not evolve to feed on that…
The Spotted Lanternfly Has Arrived. We Must Prepare!
Spotted Lanternfly First Spotted in PA The Spotted Lanternfly, which first arrived in Pennsylvania with some landscaping stone brought in from China in 2012, has decimated Pennsylvania’s vineyards and fruit farms, and they are spreading this way! If SLF spread throughout Pennsylvania, then the expected losses would amount to $324.9 million annually with a loss of…
Can We Stop Importing Invasive Plants and Insects?
Importing Invasive Plants and Species With Our Nursery Stock Can we please stop importing invasive plants and insects in our nursery stock? As we make our way through Invasive Species Awareness Week here in New York, we need to reckon with the fact that it’s been human beings who have been introducing them all along…
Mowing And The Spread of Weeds
Long Island’s lawn culture is weed infested. The act of mowing itself makes for an excellent seed dispersal mechanism on your property, and for the neighborhood. Municipalities all have their mowing crews for the many lawns in our public parks and spaces. Let’s look though at what is actually growing on these lawns: We are…
If You Want A Better World, Tell Better Stories
Stories are what make us human. To recover our humanity, we must reimagine who we are. “The poet is the unacknowledged legislator of the world.” –Percy Blysse Shelley “Storytelling is our superpower. We are the only species with the ability to use language—not just to describe things we can see, taste, and touch, but also…
