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Follow the link to a Thousand Islands Life article by Star Carter, Director of Land Conservation.
Nearly 1,000 common-tern nests were found along the St. Lawrence River this year, which is a record high. "It's been a wonderful year," said ornithologist Lee H. Harper, Massena, who initiated the regional tern habitat restoration project in 1991.
See the "Signs of Spring" with naturalist Peter O'Shea on the Macsherry Trail at Crooked Creek.
Participants peer through binoculars, scopes, and cameras on Sunday’s Eagle Watch TILTrek, sponsored by the Thousand Islands Land Trust. They were watching a pair of adult Bald Eagles hunting on the St. Lawrence River off TI Park on Wellesley Island.
The Thousand Islands Land Trust plans to build a recreational trail on the Zenda Farm Preserve that would be used year-round by outdoor enthusiasts.
<p>The LoisJean and John MacFarlane Trail at Zenda Farm Preserve is open for cross-country skiing. The Thousand Islands Land Trust has packed a cross country ski trail along the route of the 1.5 mile loop that is in development at Zenda Farm.</p>
The Thousand Islands Land Trust announced Monday that it has hired Star Carter as its director of land conservation.
The Thousand Islands Land Trust plans to restore and preserve a large marshland in Crooked Creek this year to try to boost the fish population in the area.
Keep your eyes peeled for new wildlife in the fields of Zenda Farm Preserve next year. TILT completed a two-year project to restore natural glacial "pothole" wetlands. Read the whole story in the Watertown Daily Times.
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