Tag: habitat restoration
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
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…
Building Local Sustainability
It all comes down to local sustainability. When we founded The Long Island Conservation Alliance not too long ago, it was with the conviction that we would be driven by both science and community to create a livable future place by place. On the science side, we are passionate learners, and seek those across Long…
Announcing The Dirty Dozen Campaign: Our 12 Worst Invasive Plants
“The Dirty Dozen”: The Twelve Worst Invasive Plants on Long Island
We Are All Loraxes Now
We must all be Loraxes now, champions of Nature in our community. Unless someone like us cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.
Sumps Must Become Native Habitat
Your first question must be “So why MUST we create native habitat in our sumps? Your second question will likely be “what is a sump anyway?” Long Island: Land of Sumps Lets tackle the second question first. A sump is a basin that collects runoff. With all the asphalt and houses that were laid atop…
Our Earth Day Message: Planting Native
The mission of the Long Island Conservation Alliance is to help communities restore native habitat, whether in their open spaces or in their own yards. We support local stewardship, working with municipalities to teach the public about the importance of planting native. The future of our native wildlife depends on how well we can protect…
Book The Long Island Conservation Alliance
Long Island is facing an environmental crisis. What native habitat we have left is rapidly vanishing. We can do something about this.
