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Another Wonderful Day at the

25th Annual Celebration of the Long Pond Greenbelt

Our 25th Annual Celebration of the Long Pond Greenbelt, sponsored by Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt (FLPG), the South Fork Natural History Museum (SOFO), and the Peconic Land Trust, was another great success. A big thank you to everyone who made it possible: FLPG Board Members and Volunteers – Greg Bellafiore, David Cummings, Dai Dayton, Sharone Einhorn and Jean Mc Dermott. The SOFO Museum Nature Educators – Sydney Mantione, Melanie Meade, Victoria Panuccio and Frank Quevedo. Peconic Land Trust – Kathy Kennedy. The Children's Museum of the East End – Leah Oppenheimer and Hannah Quin. Group for the East End – Jennifer Skilbred. The Hampton Library – Rich Crowley. John Jermain Library – Liz Hughes and Emily Kazanecki. Quality Parks – Mindy Block. Southampton Town Community Preservation Fund – Beth Fellini and Renee Reilly. Southampton Trails Preservation Society/Horses on Trails – Marilynn Kirkbright, Eric Woodward and Hilary Woodward. Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons – Dan Keebler and Sarah Keebler with Radish the Red Footed Tortoise. Our Hike Leaders – Chris Chapin and Frank Quevedo. Also Fun4UFaces Andrea Colletti. A big Thank You also goes out all of YOU who attended!

Thank You to Dr. Anna Thonis

A big thank you to Dr. Anna Thonis who closed out this year's Sundays at Two programming with a lively presentation about Long Island's Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) on Sunday, October 20. We look forward to keeping in touch with Dr. Thonis particularly as she starts organizing local citizen science projects. You can reach out to Dr. Thonis at at6689@nyu.edu and read the research paper that she presented by visiting the FLPG website.