NYC Green Fund: Treetops Grants Announcement
We are thrilled to be the recipient of a $10,000 grant through the City Parks Foundation NYC Green Fund’s 2024 Treetops Program! These funds will directly support the Greenbelt Conservancy’s environmental education and stewardship programs. Read More about the grant: CPF Treetops Grant Release
Read More...40 for 40 Celebrating Thomas Blancero’s 40th Birthday
Board Member, Thomas Blancero, is asking members of the community to donate $40 to the Greenbelt Conservancy in celebration of his 40th Birthday. His campaign has already inspired more than 135 community members to give, and he is hoping to run the campaign until 1,000 people are reached (that’s $40,000…
Read More...The 2025 United Airlines Half Marathon
The Greenbelt Conservancy has been selected as an official charity partner of The 2025 United Airlines Half Marathon on Sunday, March 16, 2025! We are currently recruiting team members to raise awareness and funds for our mission in exchange for guaranteed entry. Please complete the form below and a member…
Read More...Volunteer with the NYC Parks Stewardship Program
PLANT. PROTECT. PRESERVE. NYC Parks hosts stewards across the city all year long, in every landscape and every kind of weather. Full event information on other events and to register visit HERE HELP NYC BECOME GREENER AND GREATER.
Read More...December Events Calendar
To sign up for any of the programs below, please check out our events calendar for registration.
Read More...Greenbelt @ Home | Virtual Field Trips now available on YouTube
As part of the ongoing Greenbelt @ Home series, the Greenbelt Education Department has been created a number of Virtual Field Trips! These programs are available on YouTube – find a full list of available options here: Virtual Field Trip Links
Read More...Planning a First Day Walk or Winter Hike? Watch This!
Plan a cold weather excursion with Environmental Educator Christopher Ricker! In this tutorial, he demonstrates how to plan ahead and prepare for winter weather walks by dressing properly using the Base Layer System. This advice will help you continue to receive all of the physical, mental, and social benefits of…
Read More...Nature Notes
Greenbelt Natural Resources
The Greenbelt’s natural and “Forever Wild” areas support rare habitats such as wetlands, forests, woodlands, meadows, and native rare plant species that are accessible through an extensive trail system in an urban setting.
Read More...Protect and respect: Please don’t feed the waterfowl
It would seem that providing food for ducks and geese would make them healthier. However, this is not the case.
Read More...Birding in the Greenbelt
Staten Island’s Greenbelt provides birders with some of the finest woodland environment in the five boroughs. Photo: Nicholas Mundy – Black-crowned Night Heron in the Greenbelt, Spring, 2019.
Read More...A Fine Patch of Wild
It was 1976 when author and environmentalist, John Mitchell, described High Rock Park in the Greenbelt as “a fine patch of wild,” and in fact it is, and will always remain so.
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