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The Hastings Conservation Commission partnered with NYS DEC's Trees for Tribs program on this riparian restoration project. Boutillier's Brook begins just above Ravensdale Road and empties into the Saw Mill River at Exit 12 on the SMR Parkway. Volunteers from all over Hastings prepped the area and have planted about a thousand shrubs and trees in five grant cycles. Volunteers are helping maintain this site - you're invited! Contact the Conservation Commission to help: conservationcommission@hohny.gov.
The Village of Hastings has partnered with NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to restore this beloved urban forest. Current efforts began in 2016 and are ongoing. To get involved, email hillsidewoods@hohny.gov.
The Hastings Conservation Commission teamed up with HHS grad Avery McGuire, Don McGuire and HHS' AP Environmental Science team to restore the rich, wetland habitat of the Lower Burke Estate. Don Erwin continues to remove invasive species and trash and has replanted with deer-resistant natives. Contact the Conservation Commission to help: conservationcommission@hohny.gov. Don Erwin's work sessions are ongoing, and he has also provided opportunity to many students to do research and work with plants on this school district property.
A healthy home includes a healthy yard. Learn how to grow native plants, reduce the use of pesticides and save water. Native flowers, shrubs and trees are designed to survive in our area without any help from people, and provide ecosystem services to local fauna, from pollinators to birds. More tips when you click the link or photo.
A patchwork of thriving, resident-tended mini gardens and student projects next to the Zinsser ball field, between the Aqueduct, Broadway and Edgar's Lane. Here people are growing all kinds of vegetables and flowers, restoring the edge ecosystems of the park, and adding to biodiversity. The gardens have been in continuous cultivation since WWI, when they were established as Victory Gardens.
Visit Friends of Quarry Park to learn about ecosystem restoration efforts in this parcel, which is adjacent to the Old Croton Aqueduct. The park, a former jewel of a garden, then a town dump, and now a park again, was entirely replanted with native plants, including a meadow.
The Vine Squad is a group of volunteers that works to preserve the health of our trees (and ourselves!) by removing invasive vines every winter. Invasive vines choke and smother trees - ultimately killing them. The Vine Squad hosts volunteer sessions twice a month every year from November through March, starting in 2012. All welcome! Contact vinesquad@hohny.gov to join the mailing list.
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