Earth Day Garlic Mustard Pull at Vineyard Field

Co-sponsored by FLPG and SOFO

Wednesday, April 22

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Join FLPG and SOFO on Wednesday, April 22, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., to help remove invasive Garlic Mustard plants from Vineyard Field! Learn about invasive species and help pull them from the ground. Please be prepared to get dirty and take any necessary tick precautions.

Workshop Leaders: Rebecca Rogers, SOFO Environmental Educator, and Dai Dayton, FLPG President.

This program is rain or shine! However, severe weather conditions will cancel the program.

YOU CAN PITCH IN ON THE GREAT EAST END CLEANUP

Sunday, April 26

9:00 a.m.

Join FLPG in picking up trash from Greenbelt trails near Little Long Pond. Meet at the trail entrance on Laurel Lane in Sag Harbor. Be sure to bring gloves and take any necessary tick preventative precautions. For more information contact Dai Dayton, 631-745-0689 or RSVP to info@longpondgreenbelt.org.

Long Pond Greenbelt Nature Center Reading Room Receives Generous Donation

Mary Ann and Daniel Mulvihill-Decker have donated over 20 books, leaflets, and reports from the library of Mary Ann's father, William Mulvihill, a renowned East End environmentalist, who, with his sister Dorothy, preserved nearly 125 acres of woodland and wetland area known as the Great Swamp. The Great Swamp skirts the Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike just to the west of the Long Pond Greenbelt, serving as an important source of freshwater for the greenbelt's fragile coastal plain ponds ecosystem. Books on frogs and salamanders, the Napeague dunes, vernal ponds, Little Fish Pond, poisonous snakes, salt marshes, Sagg Swamp, and mushrooms, along with many other topics, are included in the donation.

The Reading Room is open during regular Nature Center hours: Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. starting Saturday, May 2, through the end of October. Thank you to Mary Ann and Daniel for your thoughtful gift.

Adopt a Patch Orientation

Saturday, May 2

10:00 AM

We are very excited for our sixth year of our Adopt-A-Patch program for the Vineyard Field restoration. Through a great suggestion by FLPG Member Greg Bellafiore, Adopt a Patch was initiated in 2021 as a way to eradicate the remaining invasive autumn olive shrubs that continue to grow in Vineyard Field. Each volunteer is allotted a section of the field (their “patch”) where they will cut back any new sprouts at least once a month during the growing season. We have learned after years of mowing trails that repetitive cutting eradicates this noxious plant. Interested in adopting a patch? Join us on May 2nd at 10am when we will be marking out everyone's 2026 patch, and identifying the invasive autumn olive and reviewing how best to remove. Meet at the South Fork Natural History Museum (SOFO) parking lot, 377 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton. Please bring gloves and dress against ticks. All Ages and Skills are Welcome! Adopt a Patch Work Sessions continue on the 1^st Saturday of every month through November. Feel free to join at any time! For more information or to confirm attendance, contact Greg Bellafiore at 631-283-1200.

Sundays at Two

Birding in the Long Pond Greenbelt

with Christopher Gangemi

Sunday, May 17, 2:00 pm

Long Pond Greenbelt Nature Center

1061 Sag Harbor-Bridgehampton Turnpike

Join us on Sunday, May 17, for the next Sundays at Two lecture. Reporter Chris Gangemi will discuss year-round birding within the Long Pond Greenbelt, focusing on areas around Long Pond, Little Long Pond, and Crooked Pond. The mix of birds through the seasons, special spots, and favorite finds will all be shared.

About Christopher Gangemi

Christopher Gangemi is a reporter for The East Hampton Star and the creator of the bird column called, "On the Wing." He has been birding on the East End for the last 25 years.

Sundays at Two events are free and open to the public.

Upcoming Sundays at Two lectures:

• June 7: Native American Talking Sticks with Tony Valderrama
• July 12: Explore Long Island's Carnivorous Plants at Crooked Pond with Matt Kaelin (co-sponsored with North Shore Land Alliance) *11am start
• August 2: Wild Long Island with the Fish Guy
• September 20: Energy Healing Techniques with Reverand Dan Costello
• October 18: Jin Shin Jyutsu with Sue Denis and Maria Maier