Kurt Choplin, a member of Friends of Palmetto Island State Park, shared his enthusiasm for the location. “There’s not a time that I didn’t meet somebody from out of state or Canada or ...

Island Beach State Park showcases a barrier island ecosystem that has remained largely untouched for centuries. Across its 3,000 acres, you’ll find rolling dunes, dense maritime forests, and ...

Cheesequake State Park. Straddling both saltwater and freshwater marshes, this park gives families a mix of beach, forest, and wetland in one neat package.

The Long Island nonprofits that won grants are the Friends of Orient Beach, the Caumsett Foundation in Lloyd Harbor, the Friends of Connetquot in Oakdale, and the Friends of Heckscher State Park ...