Project Ideas for Community Conservation Get your organizations' conservation project listed here too!
Bobwhite Quail outdoor brooder and aviary, as part of our Quail vs Ticks Study. The outdoor structure measures about 10-12 foot cubed, withstand year-round weather and wildlife incursions, and includes a brooder box that will be heated to roughly 100F.
Current needs are in:
Malverne
Remsenberg
Melville
Owl Nest Projects including nests for:
Great-horned Owls
Screech Owls (pictured here)
Barn Owls
We will help you find sites nearby to install them in Parks with suitable habitat for the specific owl species.
Support our Native Bees Project
Whether it's a bee block display or a full-blown bee wall, we want to support our native bees in meaningful and educational ways. We've already put one Bee Block Display in Caleb Smith State Park (Smithtown, NY) and another is requested at Hoyt Farm (Smithtown, NY). Anyone taking on the Bee Wall Project (shown in photo) would be a first on Long Island!
Kiosk for educational purposes / trail head
Kiosks are a great way to display information about a trail or a project while also protecting it from weather and wildlife. 2 kiosks are needed to mark trail heads in East Patchogue. 1 kiosk is needed to provide information about a vernal pond in Manorville. 1 kiosk is needed to label educational information about wildlife in Smithtown (all Long Island, NY sites).
Current Projects
Save our Vernal Ponds. Our local frog and salamander ponds are few and far between. This project seeks to monitor a local vernal pond as well as create awareness about their ecological importance. -Joey Penna, William Floyd High School, Mastic
Great-horned Owl Nests. Building 4 bucket-style nests for these large Long Island owls.
We'll be placing one in:
Garden City Bird Sanctuary
Malverne High School Nature Preserve
Clark Botanic Gardens
Bethpage State Park
-Luke Spahn, Boy Scout Troop 544, New Hyde Park
Bobwhite Quail Brooder Enclosure. Building an outdoor enclosure to allow K-12 students to raise their Bobwhites on site, as part of the Quail vs. Ticks Study.
-Kyle Thompson, Boy Scout Troop 204, Miller Place for Mt. Sinai Elementary School.
-Nick Bonomo, Boy Scout Troop 362, East Meadow for William Floyd High School.
Completed Projects
1998 Sosulski NYS Rock Display 2001 Salomon Troop 409 Wigwam 2002 Shulman Troop 125 Long House 2002 Vrana Troop 125 Indian Village 2002 Pillischer Troop 125 Trail Bridge 2002 Koch Silt Bars 2002 Kessler Troop 328 Trail Maintenance 2003 Liubicina Troop 349 Bird House Display