go for the Green Trail (6 mi, 2.5 hrs) – mostly flat and just the right distance for exercise, for seeing sights. (bug, tick spray before). PDF map: https://bit.ly/2PFTDRw
Explore the preserve's abundant wildlife, like the display of 55 different bird eggs. All the eggs are more than 100 years old; it is now illegal to collect them.
On Shelter Island, the Nature Conservancy's preserve offers hiking trails through various ecosystems and past kettle holes formed by glaciers during the Ice Age.
Beautiful wknd here 9/11-9/12 with YPG. Helped collect seed in the grasslands and clams from the creek. Fun way to contribute to TNC ongoing restoration projects. Love staying at the Manor House!
Spent an amazing weekend here Sept 11-12. We went seining with Conservancystaff and pulled in a mullet, striped bass, glassnose skates, and tons of crabs!
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands & waters for nature and people.