Join us on Saturday, September 15, 2018, 9:30am-2:00pm, to kick off National Estuaries Week and celebrate the beauty and natural resources Long Island's estuaries offer. A variety of family-friendly activities will be going on throughout the day including education lectures for adults, workshops, hikes, crafts, and a beach cleanup at the Town of Islip beach at the end of S. Bay Avenue.

All children under the age on 18 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. For questions email sser@dos.ny.gov.

List of confirmed activites/workshops:

- Coastal Clean Up, Town of Islip Beach at the end of S. Bay Avenue. 9:30-10:15am
- Shell Painting 10:00-11:00am
- Alternative Technologies for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Demo 10:00am-2:00pm
- Wildlife Nature Hike for Adults 11:00am
- Scavenger Hunt Nature Hike for Kids 11:00am
- Fish Press arts and crafts 12:00-1:00pm
- Wildlife Photography Hike for Adults 12:30pm
- Scanvenger Hunt Nature Hike for Kids 12:30pm

List of confirmed info sessions:

- Opening Remarks and Nitrogen Pollution Impacts on our Waters 10:30am
- Organic Lawn Care with Cornell Cooperative Ext. 11:00am
- Rain Gardens by Rusty Schmidt 11:30am
- Invasive Species on Long Island by Luke Gervase 12:30pm
-Exploring the Plant Friendly Database by the Peconic Estuary Program 1:00pm

Seatuck Environmental Association, 550 South Bay Avenue, Islip, NY