11:00 AM - 3.2 miles - flat - easy pace - Info: Fred, 516-702-4213 or ffriedberg12@gmail.com

Let’s explore the natural LI habitat which includes marine bay, tidal river, freshwater streams, ponds, and salt marsh.  Address: 340 Smith Rd. Shirley, NY.  Directions: Take LIE to exit 68 or Sunrise Highway (Rt 27) to Ex 58; go south on Rt 46, William Floyd parkway, until you reach Rt 27A/CR80 (Montauk Highway). Go West (right) on 27A / CR 80 for about ½ mile to the first traffic light. Make a left (south) on Smith Rd for about ½ mile. Look for Refuge entrance on right after you cross the RR tracks. Free parking. Bring water. Rain cancels. We will meet in the parking lot by the trail opening.