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Know Your Long Island Mammals with Seatuck Biologist Mike Bottini [Video]

Know Your Long Island Mammals with Seatuck Biologist Mike Bottini

Join wildlife biologist Mike Bottini from Seatuck Environmental Association as he answers these questions and more.

  • Which mammals are native to Long Island?

  • How have their populations changed over time?

  • What’s the future looking like for mammals?

And learn how you can make their futures brighter by joining the Mammal Survey https://seatuck.org/long-island-mammal-survey/

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How to Maintain Your Spring Garden: Best Methods to Benefit Birds, Bees & Other Wildlife with Anthony Marinello, Dropseed Native Landscapes [Video]

As spring approaches, what can you do in your garden to support critical habitat? When can you safely move the leaves that have protected the bees and caterpillars and lightning bugs that have overwintered in your soil? And what is the best timing for cleaning out last year’s plant stems? Learn how your actions, from initial design to seasonal maintenance, support beneficial wildlife.

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Want Butterflies in Your Yard? You Need Host Plants! [Video]

Have a fascination for butterflies that are native to Long Island? You will not see them if you have conventional landscaping like lawns or concrete. But with just a few strategically selected native plants, you will attract and help butterfiles to your home.

Butterflies’ nutritional needs evolve throughout their life cycle. Join Kim Simmen to learn about metamorphosis and how you can attract beautiful butterflies to your Long Island, NY yard with a few strategically selected native plants.

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BLING! Biodiversity of Long Island Native Gardens [Video]

A Citizen Science Project Right in Your Yard David LaMagna

If you build it, they will come! What wildlife are you helping to support on Long Island? Dave will share his journey into native garden biodiversity from this summer and teach you how to participate in the exciting new project.

Also don’t forget to follow @NativeEcoNHS on Twitter and nativeeco_nhs on Instagram.

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Fall In Love With Mason Bees: A ReWild Talk by Laura Klahre [Video]

Learn how to raise Blue Orchard Mason Bees successfully in your own yard from expert bee rancher Laura Klahre of Blossom Meadow Farm. The talk will cover the mason bee’s life cycle, habitat requirements, equipment needed, optimal placement of the bee cottage, and maintenance throughout the year including cocoon deployment, harvest and hibernation.

Mason bees are easy to keep spring pollinators that will add fun and excitement to your spring outdoor activities

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Neonics: The Ugly Truth [Video]

This presentation covers the following:

  • Drive mass losses of birds, bees and other wildlife

  • Threaten our health

  • Enter our own gardens
    Contaminate water and soil

And also get to learn on how you can impact pending legislation the New York Birds & Bees Protection Act-to eliminate the majority of neonics entering our environment.

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Native Companion Plants for Juicy Gardens [Video]

Want a juicy garden bursting with ripe fruit and vegetables? Inviting the right pollinators in the right season makes a huge difference to the quantity of fruits and vegetables, as also their size, shape and juiciness!

In this video blog, Raju Rajan, President of ReWild Long Island, talks about how native perennials as companion plants makes so much sense. These plants provide nectar, pollen, habitat, protection and host services for pollinators. In essense, you are growing your own native bees alongside your vegetables and fruits!

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Conversation on Tree Law in the Town Of North Hempstead [Video]

Do you feel sad when a large healthy tree is taken down? Wondering how Long Island can stop canopy loss and ensure bio-diversity by regenerating a “green ceiling” that resists Climate Change?

ReWild Long Island and Transition Town Port Washington invite you to join a virtual forum on the Town of North Hempstead Proposed Amended Tree Laws on Tuesday, September 28th at 7:00 PM. Join us as we learn about the benefits of a strong canopy for our community and discusses key policy elements required to stop loss and start regeneration of healthy trees.

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Free Public Webinar: Maintenance for a Weed Free and Vibrant Native Garden [Video]

Anthony Marinello, a permaculture and rewilding expert, presents this session on Native Garden maintenance for new and experienced rewilders alike. He walks us through the seasonal calendar, discussing the do’s and don’ts of caring for native plants, with tips and tricks for weeding out unwanted.

Anthony founded Dropseed Native Landscapes to give Long Islanders the ability to transform their piece of the island into a native plant oasis to sustain both humans and wildlife alike.

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2021 Summer Program Zoom Series: Professor Jonathan Lehrer on Ecology and Invasion [Video] Biology

Prof Jonathan Lehrer is Chairperson at the Department of Horticulture and Urban Design at Farmingdale State College.

He presented the basics of Long Island Ecology and Invasion Biology to the student volunteers at the Summer Program To Fight Hunger and Climate Change yesterday. New rewilders would much appreciate this excellent presentation on the basics of terms such as “weed”, “native”, “invasive” and “naturalized”.

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2021 Summer Program Zoom Series: Lily Goch on Bird Identification [Video]

Lily Goch is a Senior in High School from Merrick, Long Island. She is also one of the organizers and youth mentors at the Summer Program to Fight Hunger and Climate Change. She has a passion for the environment with a fondness for birds that has turned from interest to hobby to lifestyle. This presentation was made to introduce our Summer Program youth to the birds on Long Island.

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What is Weed? And Why Do We Care? [Video]


Prof Jonathan Lehrer is Chairperson at the Department of Horticulture and Urban Design at Farmingdale State College. New rewilders would much appreciate his excellent presentation on the basics of Long Island Ecology and Invasion Biology. Very accessible information about what makes a species a “weed” or “native” or “non-native” or “Invasive”. Also, which of these terms have a scientific basis and why do we care about these classifications

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Pocket Prairie for any Size Yard by Anthony Marinello [Video]

You don’t need a lot of space to create a big buzz with pollinators and other wildlife. Whether you have a small yard, or just want to convert a portion of a larger space, a Postage Stamp Prairie is the answer. Also known as Pocket Prairies, these small plantings have the ability to recreate the Maritime Grassland plant communities that once dominated large portions of Long Island, providing you with an attractive, biodiverse garden filled with color and life.

Anthony Marinello, a permaculture & rewilding expert, presents this session for new and experienced rewilders alike.

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Layering Wildscapes in Your Garden [Video]

Joyce Hostyn, an amazing ReWilder from Kingston, Ontario, had hosted a wonderful session on designing landscapes with native plants. We have her recorded session and links to more information in this blog post.

Joyce is a rewilder who dreams of city streets lined with fruit and nut trees, wild parks and wild yards. She sees each yard as a possibility space - one yearning to burst free from tightly controlled grass and foundation plantings to become a beautiful, biodiverse, magical wildscape populated with native species, edibles and companionable exotics. Raised on a farm where her family grew, foraged and preserved enough produce to last the year, Joyce now experiments with edible forest gardening on her lawn-free quarter acre lot (featured last summer in the Kingston-Whig Standard).

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