Please join Sierra Club LI for volunteer event: What: weeding invasives When: Saturday, October 12, 2024, 10-12* Where: Bayard Cutting Arboretum, 440 Montauk Hwy., Great River *This will be a recurring event on the 2nd Saturday-9/14, 10/12, and 11/9 from 10-12 Meet at the new Visitors Center at the far end of the parking lot closest to the manor house. Check in at the desk and pick up a parking pass. $8 PARKING FEE WILL BE WAIVED FOR VOLUNTEERS Notes: Wear close toed shoes, p

Want to get involved with citizen science? Now you can. Projects to track, count, mark, protect and document diamondback terrapins (a form of turtle) are going on around the island. One non-profit that has been doing it is Seatuck Environmental Association which worked with the Jamaica Bay Terrapin Research Project (out of Hofstra University) and the Peconic Estuary Partnership in the past. Information about Seatuck and its programs as well as contact information is at ww

There are three meetings for members and non-members of the LI Sierra Club for all to attend who would like to. Meetings are held in...

Fact Check: The Truth About Wind and Whales Article Credit: Citizens Campaign For the Environment September 18, 2023 Opponents of offshore wind have wrongly blamed the renewable energy for recent whale strandings and deaths. Wind turbines do not cause whale deaths! HERE ARE THE FACTS: In 2017 the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared an “unusual whale mortality event” for whales. This designation was based on data that showed a steep increase in deceas

LI Sierra Club presentation in person and via Zoom Who: Joy Cirigliano, President, Four Harbors Audubon What: Habitat Restoration at...