The Fire Island Land Trust hosts events and activities throughout the year to bring together our donors, our landowners, government officials and other concerned members of the community to celebrate our successes and help to raise funds to support our future work.

Please browse the events below to learn about various events happening in Fire Island and throughout Long Island.  We hope to see you at these events and encourage you to attend them with us!

Event: Community Party / Gathering
Host: Fire Island Land Trust
Place: Ocean Beach Community House
Date / Time: August 29. 2009
Details: Join us for a series of informal meet and greet gatherings in various communities on Fire Island to learn more about our work.  Please contact us if you are interested in hosting a party or click here to be added to our mailing list.

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Event: International Coastal Cleanup
Host: Fire Island Land Trust
Place: Various Communities
Date / Time: September 19, 2009, 10am to 4pm 
Details:  If you are interested in volunteering or organizing a cleanup, please contact us! 

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Event: Chautauqua Lecture Series
Host: Villiage of Ocean Beach Envi Comm'n
Place: Neptune Lodge; Ocean Beach
Date / Time: September 27, 2009, 12pm to 4pm 
Details:  Informational gathering and lecture from Kevin McAllister, President of Peconic Baykeeper.  Learn how you can do your part to preserve the Great South Bay.

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Event: Living World Lecture on Fire Island
Host: SUNY Stony Brook
Place: Stony Brook, Earth & Space Science LH 001
Date / Time: November 20, 2009, 7:30pm
Details: Frank Turano, a professor at the University will present a pictorial history of Fire Island from mid-nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century.  Sets the stage between the communities and the state that resulted in Fire Island National Seashore.  For more info click here or call the FILT at 631-408-8938.

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Event: Autumn Bird Walk
Host: National Park Service
Place: William Floyd Estate
Date / Time: November 22, 2009, 9am to 11:30am
Details:  A late autumn 2 mile bird walk conducted on the grounds of the William Floyd Estate.  Free to attend.  Call 631-399-2030 for more info or click here.

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Event: Holiday Wilderness Hike
Host: National Park Service
Place: Wilderness Visitor Center
Date / Time: Nov. 27 and Dec. 26, 2009, 9am to 12pm
Details:  Join a ranger for a guided 3-mile round-trip hike on the beach and into NYS's only federally designated wilderness area.  Watch for early winter wildlife on Fire Island.  Free to attend.  Call 631-408-8938 to meet a FILT staff or trustee at the event!  For more info call 631-281-3010.

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Event: Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop
Host: Society for the Preservation of LI Antiquities (SPLIA)
Place: 161 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor
Date / Time: February 09, 2010, 7:30pm
Details:  Join the SPLIA, Riverhead Landmarks Commission, NYS Historic Preservation Office, and the FILT for an overview on Historic Preservation Listing.  For more information, please visit the SPLIA website at www.splia.org.

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Event: Pictorial History of Fire Island
Host: Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society
Place: Fire Island Lighthouse
Date / Time: March 20, 2010, 1:00pm
Details: Stony Brook University Professor Frank Turano will present a fascinating pictorial history of Fire Island from 1850 - 1950.  Meet at the Keepers Quarters in the lighthouse.  For more information, call 631-661-4876 or call 631-418-5214 to meet with a member of the Fire Island Land Trust at the event!

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