”HEADLINES” “New News Every Monday…
Up-dates as we get them”
For week of 05-12-2008 Issue # 301
Photo- OSPREY heading home with his catch. These sea birds of prey were extremely rare on Long Island less then 15 years ago. Thanks to Long Island’s Environmental Defense Fund’s successful fight to ban DDT in the 1970’s, osprey nests now are common along our trails. There are at least 5 nests along our Greenbelt Trail in the Connetquot River and Heckscher State Parks.
CONTENTS - New Hikes! Free Hikes! Great hikes for beginners.
4 Saturday Hikes …5 Sunday Hikes …Lots of beginner hikes …Lots of great spring flower hikes ……. Also English Major Events, singles hike and wine tasting for beginners …. and a paddlers special on the Nissequogue River………See below for information
ENGLISH MAJORS- (Or those who wise they were - All others welcome)- Tom Stock will be hosting a Pine Barrens writers workshop Saturday May 17 from 11AM to 4PM at my home on Mill Road in Manorville. We will visit a nearby cranberry bog, carpooling, back at the house, we will have a cranberry talk followed by bring your own lunch. In the afternoon, we will have some quiet solitary time to write, followed by discussion and sharing of written work. The intention is to accumulate poems and essays about the Pine Barrens for an anthology to be published when there is enough material. This workshop is free. Prizes will be given to people who carpool to my home. My home is located near the Pine Barrens Trail Information Center. We will take a hike on trails in the woods.
I am taking reservations. People can call me at 727-5250 or e-mail tstock101939@netero.com. This will be the second such workshop in a series to teaching workshops about the Pine Barrens. Handouts will be given out.
MORE ENGLISH MAJORS, fans of Walt Whitman- All Welcome Walt Whitman Poems and Prose, May 17, 9am, 4 miles, moderate-hilly, Bring your favorite poem to read at the top of Jayne” Hill
Made famous in “Leaves Of Grass” in the poem “Paumanok”. Bill 631 514 9487.
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COME WALK WITH US: Weekday Hikes. Weekend Hikes. Short or Long Hikes. All Hikes Are FREE…. ‘All who wander are not lost” BRING YOUR CAMERA! Take some great pictures along the trail and send them to us for use in HEADLINES. E-mail photos to manfredonia2@optonline.net or send to our office-
OVER 4700 WALKS SINCE 1978!!
-HIKE SCHEDULE……
SATURDAY 05/17 Carpentry Demonstration, 1 to 3pm, Ron Gradowski gives live demo. Of old fashion carpentry techniques at Blydenburgh County park. 631 360 0753.
SATURDAY 05/17 Pine Barrens Discovery Series, 1pm, program on a great little bird …the Quail. Trail Information Center, ¼ mile north of LIE exit70. 631 360 0753.
SATURDAY 05/17 May Madness Singles Walk and Wine Tasting, 1pm, 1-1/2 hours, easy-flat, A walk at Indian Island County park along the Peconic River at Riverhead followed by optional wine tasting at a local vineyard ..OK fo4r beginners. Charlotte 631 929 1035
SATURDAY 05/17 Paddlers Special, 11am, BYO Canoe or kayak, explore the Nissequogue River. For info David at 631 724 3455, Reisfield@verizon.net
SATURDAY 05/17 Night Hike8:30pm, 4 miles, moderate-flat, bring small flashlight (most walking in the dark). Walk in the Pine barrens on the Paumanok path. Meet at Trails center ¼ mile north of LIE exit 70. info bill 631 514 9487.
SUNDAY 05/18 Pine Barrens Discovery series, 1pm, Living With Wildlife on Long Island. Meet a variety of local wildlife and learn their habits. Trails Center ¼ mile north of LIE exit 70. info 631 852 3449.
SUNDAY 05/18 Brookhaven Trail hike, 8:30am, 12 miles, moderate-mostly flat, Grassy and Sandy ponds on the Brookhaven trail Bill 631 514 9487.
SUNDAY 05/18 Stony Hill Hike, 10am, 6 miles, moderate-brisk, moderate hilly, Amagansett Rick 631 267 6608.
SUNDAY 05/18 Bayard Cutting Arboretum hike, 10:15am, 3 miles, easy-flat, Hike this 690 acre former estate on the banks of the Connetquot River ..flowers, woods …very nice with little restaurant. Terrie 631 885 4543.
SUNDAY Spring in Massapequa preserve, 1pm, 3 miles, easy-flat, bring a camera Rich or Lisa 516 826 8339.
.… More hikes and features listed in Member Newsletter
“FOOTNOTES” The new FOOTNOTES for Spring 2008 is out
HEADLINES is about the people who use and care for our trails and love the outdoors. Send us your photos, announcements and stories so we can share them. Send information, photos, to manfredonia2@optonline.net or to the Greenbelt Office, PO Box 5636, Hauppauge, NY 11788 ligreenbelt@verizon.net Thanks for your efforts and support of these beautiful Long Island Trails!
To find the Greenbelt Office in Blydenburgh Park: from Route 25-25A in Smithtown, go south on Brooksite Dr.; at next light (New Mill Rd.), turn right to park entrance at end of road….From Route 347, find Brooksite Dr. between the 347-454 junction and Rt. 111; head north on Brooksite to New Mill Rd.; go left to the park. Follow the paved path at the west end of the lot to the Blydenburgh-Weld House.
The Blydenburgh -Weld House (1821) is the LIGBTC Headquarters in Blydenburgh County Park. David Weld, a successful Manhattan Investment banker, bought the estate (Now the Park) from the Blydenburgh’s in 1936. The Blydenburgh’s owned the homes, the mill and land from the late 1700’s to 1936. The Welds owned the land until 1963 when a test of wills between David Weld and Robert Moses ended with the land becoming a County Park.
William Floyd Weld, son of David and his mother, Mary Floyd Weld, (a direct descendant of William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence), grew up in a Gatsby like world of Long Island before he moved to Massachusetts. He served as Governor of that state from 1990 through 1996. His political base in Massachusetts included the law firm of Hill & Barlow, the Boston firm that defended Sacco and Vanzetti. William Weld’s ex-wife, Susan Roosevelt, is President Teddy Roosevelt’s great granddaughter.
New Maintenance Coordinator- There is a new Maintenance Coordinator for the 33 mile long Suffolk Greenbelt Trail that runs from the Great South Bay to Sunken Meadow State Park. If you are already a maintainer or wish to be a maintainer, say hello to David Reisfield at Reisfield@verizon.net
Notice- The Long Island Greenbelt FOOT TRAILS are designed strictly as WALKING TRAILS, maintained by your Parks Departments and volunteers. USE OF THESE TRAILS FOR ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN HIKING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED STUPID, IRRESPONSIBLE AND DANGEROUS for everyone! Remember, you use the trails completely at your own risk.
POLITICAL ACTION - The Long Island Greenbelt Trail is a nonpolitical hiking organization that does not back candidates or take part in political lobbying. We work with all good people, political or otherwise, to protect the trails we have established. Our mission is protection of the environment and open space by introducing to our citizens, young and old, to the wonders of our open spaces using the trail systems we have developed as educational tools.........If you wish to take part in the political process, we encourage you to join a party or volunteer to help a candidate.
Editor: peter manfredonia manfredonia2@optonline.net
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