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Volunteers needed

The Greenbelt needs 2 or 3 people per event to work our table at the following events:

Health and Wellness Fair -- Tuesday, April 20th, 10-3, at Farmingdale State College (indoor event). Students and staff attend.

Earthstock (Earthday Celebration) -- Friday, April 23rd, 10-3 at Stonybrook University (outdoor event). Free parking for exhibitors.

EarthDay -- Saturday, April 24th, 10-4 Indian Island County Park, Riverhead
Hosted by Suffork County Parks. (outdoor event).

Spring Fair -- Saturday April 24th, 10-4:30. Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
(celebrating its 125th anniversary; outdoor event)

Earth Day -- Saturday, May 1st, 11-4, Gillette Park, Sayville for the town of Islip and Sayville Chamber of Commerce. (outdoor event).

Nature/Craft and Wildlife Festival --Saturday, June 12th, 10-5 Sweetbriar Nature Center, Smithtown (outdoor event) .

Pine Barrens Discovery Day -- Saturday, June 12th (additional info will be coming-this may be inside event)

To volunteer or for more information please call Stella at the LI Greenbelt office 631 360-0753 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association in collaboration with the New York Council for Humanities is sponsoring a book discussion series – Reading Between the Lines: Into the American Wilderness. This free monthly reading and discussion series is led by Maxwell C. Wheat, Jr., naturalist and the first Poet Laureate of Nassau County. It will meet on four Thursdays from March 1 to June 10, 2010 to examine the thematic question … Should we be rethinking our definition of the wilderness? The books focus on the role the natural world has played in the American experience. For further information and registration contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 631-427-5240 x 112.

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association

246 Old Walt Whitman Road

West Hills, NY 11746

631-427-5240

631-427-5247 fax

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Long Island Greenbelt Trail Selected as NEWSDAY’s pick for Best Trails for 2008-2009

1978-2009 Our 31st Anniversary

The LONG ISLAND GREENBELT TRAIL CONFERENCE is a unique, non-profit grassroots organization that has created more than 200 miles of hiking paths on Long Island, including three National Recreation Trails. We are dedicated to protecting open space and our scenic Greenbelt trails for all to enjoy. We lead over 200 FREE GUIDED HIKES each year; and have donated a total of over 500,000 volunteer hours to Long Island’s parks and trails.

Our MAPS of our trails and woodlands, contributed by naturalist Larry Paul, are acknowledged as the very best and most detailed of any on Long Island. We encourage you to JOIN the Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference and help us KEEP LONG ISLAND GREEN! Use this web site to learn more about our organization.

To find the Greenbelt Office in Blydenburgh Park: from Route 25-25A in Smithtown, go south on Brooksite Dr.; at next light (New Mill Rd.), turn right to park entrance at end of road….From Route 347, find Brooksite Dr. between the 347-454 junction and Rt. 111; head north on Brooksite to Cygnet Drive. Make left and follow to the end. Go left on New Mill Road to the park. Follow the paved path at the west end of the lot to the Blydenburgh-Weld House.

Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference, Inc
P.O. Box 5636
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone 631 360 0753
Fax 631 980 4009

ligreenbelt.org

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