Ecosystem Stewardship Sessions You Can Do for the Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, April 4
Tarrytown: Work on a Vine Squad Session 10:00am – 12:00pm: Tarrytown Lakes Parking Lot
Calling all outdoor enthusiasts and tree lovers… Please wear leather gloves and appropriate clothes. If you have loppers and/or clippers, please bring those. We will provide additional tools. FULL DESCRIPTION and SIGN UP HERE. For more information, reach out to Cathy at cruhland@aol.com
Mission name: Tarrytown: Work on a Vine Squad Session
Tuesday, April 7
Dobbs Ferry: Green Team Trash Bash, 3-5pm, Springhurst Elementary School, 175 Walgrove Ave.
Trash clean-up and update to the Habitat Restoration project (native trees and shrubs). Meet at the bottom of Beacon Hill stairs. Raindate: April 24th.
Mission name: Dobbs Ferry: Green Team Trash Bash
Saturday, April 11
Dobbs Ferry: Help at Annual Earth Day Cleanup, 9:00am-12:00pm, Corner of Cedar + Main
Lend support to the DF Beautification Committee to help spruce up downtown. Bring gardening gloves if you have a pair.
Mission name: Dobbs: Volunteer at Annual Earth Day Cleanup
Irvington: Stewardship at O'Hara & Irvington Woods Park: O'Hara Nature Center, 170 Mountain Rd, Irvington
Two session options: 10am-12pm and 12-2pm
Learn more and register.
Mission name: Irvington: Participate in Woods Stewardship Day
Hastings: Join a Vine Squad Lop, 10am-12pm at The Lofts, 1 Mill River Lane (on 9A/Saw Mill River Road), Hastings.
The Hastings Vine Squad has been saving trees since 2012! Come learn to I.D. invasive vines and how to remove them. Wear work gloves and sturdy clothing; the VS has tools to share. Vine Squad webpage
Mission name: Hastings: Join a Vine Squad Lop
Hastings: Stewardship Session in Lower Burke Estate, 12:00 – 2:00pm
This session will be managing invasive plants and generally helping around Hastings' largest wetland, and important environmental area. Wear boots and clothes you don't mind getting dirty! Bring work gloves. Tools and instruction are provided. More info on the project here. Note: this work session follows a Burke tour from 11am-12pm.
Mission name: Participate in the Lower Burke Estate Wetlands Restoration Project
Sunday, April 12
Tarrytown: Community Garden Cleanup, 9:00am – 12:00pm: John Paulding School
We'll be cleaning up the Community Vegetable Garden between the Paulding School and Cobb Lane, getting it ready for planting. We'll also be showing how to remove invasive vines from the border fencing. They are hosts to the dreaded Spotted Lantern Fly.
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Dobbs Ferry: CAB Ecosystem Work Session, 10:00am – 12:00pm: Juhring Preserve
Knotweed removal + potential planting inside enclosure fence. SIGN UP HERE.
Mission name: Dobbs: Volunteer Stewardship Session at Juhring Preserve
Yonkers: Wayfinders Ecosystem Restoration with Wayfinders, 11am-1pm: Lenoir Preserve, 19 Dudley Street on the Hastings/Yonkers border
Work on the first phase of a new ecosystem restoration project with Wayfinders. Participants will conduct invasive species removal to prep a deer exclosure area for replanting with natives. Register here.
Mission name: Yonkers: Wayfinders Ecosystem Restoration with Wayfinders
Saturday, April 18
TEAC Vine Squad Outing 10:00am – 12:00pm: Tarrytown Lakes Parking Lot
Calling all outdoor enthusiasts and tree lovers… Please wear leather gloves and appropriate clothes. If you have loppers and/or clippers, please bring those. We will provide additional tools. Register here. For more information, reach out to Cathy at cruhland@aol.com
Mission name: Tarrytown: Work on a Vine Squad session
Tarrytown: Friends of Riverwalk Workday, 10:00am – 2:00pm: West Main St – Circle at the end, Tarrytown
Help assist the Parks Department staff in establishing and maintaining plants, infrastructure and amenities: pruning and trash removal, with early invasive removal to follow. View full event description here.
Mission name: Tarrytown: Friends of Riverwalk Workday
Tarrytown: Sarah Michaels Park Spring Garden Refresh and Pollinator Planter Demo, 12:00 – 2:00pm: Sarah Michaels Park, Cortlandt & Main St, Tarrytown
Want a garden but don't have the space? No problem! Stop by to pick up complimentary pollinator-friendly seeds and learn how to plant a beautiful planter that will have the pollinators flocking! (Raindate Sunday) Full description here.
Mission name: Tarrytown: Pick up a FREE Tree or Shrub and Plant It
Irvington: Stewardship at O'Hara & Irvington Woods Park: O'Hara Nature Center, 170 Mountain Rd, Irvington
Two session options: 10am-12pm and 12-2pm on either 4/11 or 4/18
Learn more and register at www.irvingtongreen.org/events
Mission name: Irvington: Participate in Woods Stewardship Day (2 opportunities)
Sunday, April 19
Dobbs Ferry: Ecosystem Work Session, 10:00am – 12:00pm: Chauncey Park - click for map
Volunteer for pollinator garden spring maintenance, weeding, and planting at Chauncey Park, along the Saw Mill River (contact Conservation Advisory Board for more info).
Mission name: coming soon
Saturday, April 25
Tarrytown Neperan Gardens Spring Clean-up, 10:00am – 12:00pm: Neperan Park, 43 Neperan Rd, Tarrytown
Help us prepare our Neperan gardens for spring by removing invasives and preparing beds for new plantings. Wear comfortable clothing and bring garden gloves and a long-sleeved shirt. View full description HERE
Mission name: Tarrytown: Help at the Gardens
Hastings: Clean Up Weekend (all weekend!)
Join friends and neighbors in this annual rite of spring. Care for your village! This event is run by Parks & Rec staff and they provide trash bags. More info here.
Mission name: Hastings: Join a Community Clean Up
Sunday, April 26
Dobbs Ferry: CAB Ecosystem Work Session, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Juhring Preserve: Knotweed removal
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Hastings: Clean Up Weekend Continues
Join friends and neighbors in this annual rite of spring. Care for your village! This event is run by Parks & Rec staff and they provide trash bags. More info here.
Mission name: Hastings: Join a Community Clean Up
Saturday, May 2
Hastings, Dobbs or Tarrytown: Join a Riverkeeper Sweep
Riverkeeper organizes litter cleanups along the length of the Hudson for this annual effort to remove trash and raise awareness.
Link for more info and links to register with your selected location.
Mission name: Rivertowns: Volunteer for Riverkeeper Sweep
Sleepy Hollow: I Love My Parks Day at the Rock Preserve, 9:00am – 1:00pm
The state-wide day of pitching in to help the parks is organized by Parks & Trails New York (PTNY) in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) and local Friends groups, to celebrate and enhance New York’s parks and historic sites and bring visibility to the entire park system and its needs. Join Rockefeller State Park Preserve (RSPP) staff and the Friends of Rockefeller State Park Preserve to build up this Preserve and the community.
For more info and to register, CLICK HERE
Mission name: Sleepy Hollow: Volunteer for Invasive Plant Removal at Rockwood Hall
Irvington: Stewardship at O'Hara & Irvington Woods Park
Two session options: 10am-12pm and 12-2pm
O'Hara Nature Center, 170 Mountain Rd, Irvington, NY 10533, USA
Learn more and register at www.irvingtongreen.org/events
Mission name: coming soon