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Upcoming Events:
Long Island Regional Envirothon - Wednesday, April 22nd
Arbor Day Sapling Giveaway - Friday, April 24th
Volunteer BioBlitz - Monday, April 27th
Part C Applications due - Friday, May 1st
Part C Applications
We are pleased to announce the Part C 2025 Request for Proposals! Part C funding provides direct financial and staff support to conservation projects throughout Nassau County. Please review the application documents below to learn more about how to apply to this program.
As of April 4th we are no longer accepting applications for 2025.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at dbetts@nassauswcd.org or call at (516) 364-5860
Seeking Volunteers & Interns
Interested in protecting your local resources? Looking for a chance to give back to your community?
The Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District is currently seeking volunteers to help implement various environmental projects. No experience required. Weekend opportunities available.
The Long Island Regional Envirothon
The Envirothon® is an environmental and natural resource conservation problem-solving, teambuilding, and leadership experience and competition for high school students (grades 9-12 or ages 14-19) across the United States, Canada, and China. Incorporating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles, experiential learning, and hands-on outdoor field experiences, the Envirothon fosters student learning in the five subject areas of: Aquatics, Forestry, Soils, Wildlife, and a Current Environmental Issue, which changes annually.
Event Date: Wednesday, April 22nd
A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life is a program organized by the South Shore Estuary Reserve focused on environmental education, community engagement, and water-quality monitoring. Students will get the opportunity to collect water quality samples, learn about ecosystem services, and engage with local flora & fauna.
After the field trip event, the data collected by student groups is processed and shared for analysis, an activity in which students are encouraged to participate. This can range from tracking water & soil health throughout Nassau County to GIS analysis of the collected data.
To schedule A Day In The Life event with your school, please get in touch with ijoshi@nassauswcd.org
Citizen Science: iNaturalist BioBlitz
An iNaturalist BioBlitz is a focused, short-term community event where participants use the iNaturalist app or website to identify as many species as possible within a specific area and timeframe. For this event, we will be surveying Muttontown Preserve to add to our Biodiversity Study. Click here to view our study and past observations.
Event Date: Monday, April 27th
Arbor Day Sapling Giveaway
Creek Defender Program
The Great South Bay will only be as healthy as the creeks and rivers that flow into it. There are some 50 creeks that flow into the bay along the 16 communities along the South Shore. The Creek Defender Program calls upon people in each of those communities to become local stewards, healing our creeks as we heal the Bay. They are led by a Creek Defenders who acts as a local steward, organizing and guiding their communities, leading cleanups, habitat restoration projects, and native planting initiatives. They spread our message that our care for the Bay begins on the land, and the quality of that water entering the bay
Please email us at creekdefender@savethegreatsouthbay.org if you wish to work with the Creek Defender Creeks are the lifeblood of Long Island. Let’s open them up and let them flow.
Long Island Sound Volunteer Opportunities
Looking for volunteer opportunities? There are many organizations in Connecticut and New York that need your help protecting Long Island Sound!
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