Upcoming Events This Week
Letβs Find Something Good to Do.
Itβs getting close to the end of October so there are some amazing Halloween events for kids and adults happening this week, along with a few fall foliage nature gems if spooky isnβt your thing. Below are some faves and there are plenty more on the website. - Michael π
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Halloween Clean at West Meadow Beach
Celebrate Halloween on 10/31 by cleaning up the Stony Brook shoreline with fellow Long Islanders and Long Island Sound Partnership.
This Halloween, trade the trick-or-treating for something even more rewarding β a morning spent making our shoreline a little cleaner and a lot more beautiful. Cleanup supplies are provided at sign-in β just bring you and your family, and a Halloween costume if you like. It's a quick, one-hour commitment that makes a real difference for the wildlife and ecosystems that depend on clean shores along Long Island Sound.
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Long Islanders Are Getting $500 to Make Their Yards More Water-Friendly
Thereβs an incentive program most Long Island homeowners donβt know about. It also closes October 31st.
The Long Island Garden Rewards Program reimburses Nassau and Suffolk County property owners up to $500 for making their yards more water-friendly. Rain barrels, rain gardens, native plant gardens - basically projects that capture stormwater before it runs off your property carrying nitrogen into local waterways and, eventually, into your drinking water.
Hereβs why it matters: nitrogen is the leading cause of water quality problems on Long Island. It fuels toxic algal blooms, kills fish, degrades wetlands, and contaminates the groundwater that is the sole source of drinking water for all of Nassau and Suffolk County.
The program covers up to $125 per rain barrel and up to $500 for rain gardens or native plantings with free technical assistance available. Itβs first-come, first-served, so once the fundingβs gone, itβs gone. A small thing with a real impact (and a deadline) worth knowing about.
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Hope to see you out there.
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