It’s not a coincidence that so many East End nature organizations are sharing a 50th Anniversary this year. At the height of the environmental movement prompted by the first Earth Day in 1970, residents of the region surrounding the Peconic Estuary took a look around them and realized this was an important natural place worthy of protecting.
If you haven’t gotten involved with the Audubon Society, you might think this non-profit is all about the birds. But the North Fork Audubon Society, which is celebrating its golden anniversary this year, has long taken its mission deeper, exploring all the ways that natural and unnatural habitats affect birds, bees and pollinators, and, in turn, the entirety of the ecosystem that surrounds us.
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