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…
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September Events Calendar
To sign up for any of the programs below, please check out our events calendar for registration.
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The 2022 City Nature Challenge
To join the Greenbelt for the Challenge Join HERE 2022 Greenspace Leaderboard Need a tutorial on iNaturalist? The Greenbelt Educators (Greenbelt Environmental Education) put together THIS helpful YouTube video to walk you through it.
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2022 Greenbelt Conservation Corps
Join the Greenbelt Conservation Corps and volunteer your time and skills for trail upkeep and maintenance projects. There are a variety of dates and activities to choose from Register here! February’s stewardship program is all full up, but check back frequently to the Greenbelt Conservancy’s Eventbrite page to secure your spot…
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Nature Notes
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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Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor): At Home in the Greenbelt
Come summer, the Greenbelt landscape is alive with the sounds of nature. Katydids, Cicadas, Warblers, Geese, angsty Blue Jays – and many more species – fill our forests and wetlands with a plethora of distinct and magical sounds.
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How High Rock Park was saved and the Greenbelt got its name
By BRADFORD GREENE The alarming rumor that Camp High Rock was about to be sold to a land developer by the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York began my involvement in July, 1964 with Gretta Moulton, a Scout leader and Staten Island resident. She was determined to save the…
Read More...From passers-by to permanent residents: Birds of the Greenbelt
Each year thousands of birds travel through our Greenbelt as they make the round-trip journey from the northern woodlands of New England to all points south.
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