Invasive Species Awareness Week Weed Pull at Sagamore Hill

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Theodore Roosevelt, considered the conservationist president, created the USFS, 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, 4 national game preserves, 5 national parks and 18 national monuments. During his presidency, he protected 230 million acres of public land. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Roosevelt’s home from 1885 until his death in 1919, receives over 60K visitors each year. With 83 acres of woodland, meadow, marsh and beach it is a beautiful place to discover nature. As is happening all over the north shore, nonnative invasive species have reared their ugly heads at this beautiful site!

Join Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon today as we work to remove these species from the meadow at Sagamore Hill. Volunteers will learn about nonnative invasive plants and why they are so detrimental to our ecosystems as well as the efforts that HOBAS is making to combat this issue. Participants will have a chance to check out our new demonstration garden, which contains just over 150 native plants!

Participants will be treated to a free house tour of Roosevelt's home!!!!

Bring garden gloves and insect repellent if you have them, extras will be provided to the volunteers as will tasty snacks and water.

Registration is an absolute must. Please register by July 14.

516-695-0763 or hobaudubon@gmail.com

Directions: For GPS navigation devices, use this address: 12 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay, NY 11771, which is the Visitor Center located at the entrance of the park.

Sagamore Hill may be reached from two major Long Island highways:
Take either the Northern State Parkway to Exit 35N or the Long Island Expressway (I-495) to Exit 41N. At those exits, take Route 106 North for 6 miles into downtown Oyster Bay. Turn right onto East Main Street (at Nobman's Hardware Store) and travel 2 miles. Turn left onto Cove Neck Road and drive 1.5 miles to Sagamore Hill.