Anyone who has visited The Massapequa Preserve knows that it is one of the most beautiful preserves around. Beautiful landscapes, trails, and caches, all with no trash! However, this is only true for the major trails. If you dig a little deeper and take the trail less traveled, you will see that the Massapequa Preserve actually is in need of CITO in many places.
But due to its size, the preserve cannot be cleaned up in one day. So I will be doing a series of CITOs, with each one tackling a different section that is in need of a cleanup. For our second one, we will be cleaning up a part of the preserve that is in dire need of CITO. We will be cleaning up what I call the "Arm", the area that sticks out on the West side. Note that because this is a preserve, we can only clean up trash. All natural objects must be left where they are.
If you park at Mansfield Park, take the trail the goes West from the bridge. When that ends, make a left onto the main trail and walk South until you reach the event coordinates. That's where we will meet.
Event starts at 10am and ends at 2pm, or whenever we are satisfied with our work. Event is weather permitting. Our rain (snow?) date is the 23rd.
I will provide garbage bags, but you are on your own for gloves or anything else. Dress warm!
The making of this CITO was prompted by a recent conversation at an event. Some of us realilzed that LI has so many events, but so few CITOs. It really should be the opposite. We should at least have as many CITOs as we do normal events. So if you know an area that needs a cleanup, please host a CITO. I for one, will only go to one of the many restaurant events when it is convenient, but will absolutely go out of my way for a CITO. I can only speak for myself, but I also know I'm not the only one.