SUN OCT 4 – EDGEWOOD PARK, BRENTWOOD/COMACK:

12:00 to 1:45 – moderate pace – flat. Registration required: call or email Jane 631-689-1568 or jfasullo2@gmail.com – This is a joint hike with the Sierra Club L.I. Group

Arrive on or before 11:55 to sign in before we start. On the walk, hear about the Edgewood-Oak Brush Plains Preserve’s significance to groundwater recharge, drinking water, wildlife (plants and animals), and get a short history of the park and the Pilgrim State hospital that once stood here. This state-owned, 843-acre nature preserve, is the only remaining pitch pine, scrub oak wildlife habitat and groundwater recharge land west of the Pine Barrens. Some sandy areas and some potentially wet spots. No bathrooms. Meet at the parking lot, east side of Commack Road, about 2 mi. south of LIE exit 52. Address: 528 Commack Rd, Deer Park. Any rain cancels this event.