Saturday, October 12, 2024, 11:00
AM
Big Reed, Montauk, Suffolk Co.
Trip leader: Vicki Bustamante (vickibustamante@gmail.com)
The Big Reed area is the jewel of the 1,100-acre Montauk County Park and host to many rare and unusual plants. The hike will pass through some vulnerable ecological communities including a red maple–blackgum swamp, coastal oak-hickory forest and a coastal oak-beech forest. We will overlook Big Reed pond, a pristine 57-acre coastal plain pond without a house, building or road in sight. The area was the last ancestral home of the Montaukett tribe. We will be on the lookout for interesting plants and birds along the way.
Register with Vicki Bustamante (vickibustamante@gmail.com)
and more details about the trip and directions to the meeting
place will be sent.
Saturday, April 12, 2025, 11:00
AM
Manetto Hills Park, Plainview, Nassau Co.
Trip leader: Dave Taft
At this time of year, we will be on the lookout for several
emerging unusual plant species in the vicinity of this delightful woodland trail tucked between the Northern State Parkway and the LIE. Please register online with the North Shore Land Alliance (northshorelandalliance.org).
Joint trip with the North Shore Land Alliance
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10:00
AM
Coffin Woods, Locust Valley, Nassau Co.
Trip leader: Al and Lois Lindberg
Veteran Long Island naturalists Al and Lois will guide us through this North Shore Wildlife Sanctuary property in the season of spring ephemeral wildflowers, when we expect the preserve’s stunning red Trillium flowers will make an appearance. Please register online with the North
Shore Land Alliance
northshorelandalliance.org).
Joint trip with the North Shore Land Alliance
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 11:00 AM
Hither Hills State Park, Montauk, Suffolk Co.
Trip leader: Vicki Bustamante
Vicki will lead participants through an enchanted maritime forest, with its twisted oaks and crooked pitch pine trees, in the Walking Dunes. Please register online with the North
Shore Land Alliance
northshorelandalliance.org).
Joint trip with the North Shore Land Alliance
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