Linda McCormack Linda McCormack

Summer Hiking for Seniors

Hiking in the summer for seniors can be a great way to enjoy nature and get exercise, but it is important to be prepared for the heat and other potential challenges.

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Linda McCormack Linda McCormack

Transfer Stillwell Woods Preserve to NYS Parks

As reported in Newsday, The Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) between Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay (TOB) to transfer Stillwell Woods Preserve budgets $12 million without any project proposal. This is a recipe for the decimation of open space.

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Denise Hesselbach Denise Hesselbach

Plum Island: You’ve Come a Long Way Baby

Plum Island’s history is an intriguing mix of fact and fiction, as well as a bit of genuine mystery. And in the last two decades, its fate has been in peril. NHOC is one 118 Connecticut,New York, and national groups dedicated to the preservation of this national treasure through our membership in the Preserve Plum Island Coalition.

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