WATERTOWN â The Thousand Islands Land Trust is hosting its eighth annual For The Trees Arbor Day celebration.
Through TILT and the Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, participants can register to receive a free sapling, T-shirt and planting and care instructions.
The saplings will be available for pickup at the TILT office during business hours between April 26 and April 30. A limited number of trees are available.
Participants are encouraged to take photos of planted trees and post on social media with the hashtag -TreesForTILT. A TILT Arbor Day video will be posted to Facebook and YouTube on May 1.
Reserve a sapling by emailing volunteer@tilandtrust.org, by calling the TILT office at 315-686-5345, or by signing up on the TILT website.
HAMMOND â An expanse of marsh land at the southwest corner of St. Lawrence County has been restored in a private-public partnership to improve fish habitat.
As part of the Fish Habitat Conservation Strategy developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the Blind Bay Wetlands Restoration Project pooled resources from the Thousand Islands Land Trust, Ducks Unlimited, the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the U.S. Department of Agricultureâs Natural Resource Conservation Service and landowners from the Chippewa Point Road Association.
Along the St. Lawrence River in the town of Hammond, north of the hamlet of Chippewa Bay, Blind Bay is an inlet of the St. Lawrence River, with the marsh complex connecting the Blind Bay to Sand Bay at the northern tip of Chippewa Bay. A healthy marsh connection is crucial, as Chippewa Bay is the largest shallow water coastal ecosystem on the Upper St. Lawrence. The area bo
Representatives of the Thousand Islands Land Trust want to complete renovations to the McCarn Creek bridge by the end of summer.
The trestle structure runs through TILTâs S. Gerald Ingerson Preserve in Clayton. The stone-foundation bridge, 160 feet long and 60 feet high, needs improvements to its girder bearings, wood support beams, decking and safety rails.
Seeing the bridge renovated has long been a goal of TILT. Completing this project would connect a portion of the Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail.
But the $50,000 that TILT received from the state Conservation Partnership Program cover only one-third of the needed improvements. So representatives of the organization are looking to community residents to donate whatever they can to this endeavor.
CLAYTON â Nestled atop forested and grassy acres, the McCarn Creek bridge shows its age.
The 160-foot-long and 60-foot-high stone-foundation crossing runs through the S. Gerald Ingerson Preserve of the Thousand Islands Land Trust, and the rusting trestle framework and decaying wood ties will soon be revived.
The revival is a culmination of a yearslong effort to restore the inactive railroad bridge and reconnect a portion of the Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail.
In the fall, TILT was awarded a $50,000 grant from the New York State Conservation Partnership Program to support the McCarn Creek bridge renovations, but state funding only covers roughly one-third of the total project cost. TILT is pushing for a June community fundraising deadline so renovations â including the rehab of girder bearings, wood support beams, decking and safety rails â can be completed by the end of the summer.
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