Greenbelt Family Fall Festival
Join the GREENBELT CONSERVANCY on Saturday, October 28 for a Family Fall Festival in Willowbrook Park! We will start the day at 10 am with a Staten Island staple, the Fall Flat 5K register HERE The Carousel will be spinning, welcoming guests from race start (10 am) to 3 pm.…
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Into Our Woods The Greenbelt Conservancy’s Annual Fall Benefit
There is no setting more perfect that the Greenbelt Nature Center to celebrate another year in the great outdoors! Join The Greenbelt Conservancy on Thursday, October 12 for its Annual Fall Benefit: Into Our Woods. Purchase tickets here! Featuring live music by Cause and the Effects, delicious food and open…
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Greenbelt Summer Camp
Greenbelt Summer Camp Sessions Available – be sure to check out the Greenbelt Conservancy Eventbrite Page to register for all of our events!
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Greenbelt Conservancy’s Hike-a-Thon!! Registration is Open Now!!
Run. Hike. Stroll. Get Outdoors and Enjoy All that Nature has to Offer! The Greenbelt Conservancy presents its Inaugural Hike-A-Thon, a virtually managed fundraising event that supports the protection of our natural areas and encourages people of all ages and abilities to explore the outdoors. Your $10 registration will…
Read More...June Family Science Night – Chia Heads!
Join Greenbelt Educator Christopher Rommel as he demonstrates how to make your very own Chia head. Conduct your own experiment along with our educators by joining us at our live Zoom event on Thursday, June 18th at 3pm ! (Zoom meeting details TBD.) Sign up via Eventbrite for access to…
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Greenbelt Conservancy Resiliency Fund: Please Support
The Greenbelt Conservancy has launched a resiliency fund to help sustain operations through the COVID-19 crisis.
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Earth Day 2020 – New Greenbelt YouTube Channel
To celebrate the 50th Annual Earth Day, the Greenbelt educators have launched a brand new YouTube channel to host all the nature-focused educational content they have been working so hard on. To get things started, here are five educational videos for you to watch at home, one for each decade…
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Meet the Educators
The Greenbelt Education Department is springing into action to create exciting virtual educational content for all of our friends and families at home. With two new educators joining our dynamic team, we thought this was a great opportunity to (re)introduce everyone who is working hard to bring nature and science…
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Birds of Prey!
Fall is a great time to see peak foliage colors, and also for birding! Check out the fascinating facts and helpful tips below to make the most of the season for observing birds-of-prey on Staten Island.
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Invasive Species Update: Spotted Lanternfly in NYC
Have you spotted a spotted lanternfly locally? Report it here to the NYS DEC online.
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Pollinators!
With the advent of consistently warm weather and the official start of summer, June is an ideal time to think about, observe, and explore pollinators! Use this helpful guide from the Greenbelt Education Department at home, in a park, or anywhere you can observe flowering plants.
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