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Protectors of Pine Oak Woods
Staten Island's Land Conservation Organization
50 Years Keeping Staten Island Green!
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Nothing Gold Can Stay: Spring Greenbelt Walk
Staten Island's Native Pinxter (Credit: H. Lofaso) Nothing Gold Can Stay —Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to...

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May 134 min read


Winter Greenbelt Hike: A Journey Through Snow-Covered Trails
Embracing winter's singular enjoyments on the ridges of the Greenbelt. Our Richard Buegler 10-mile Winter Greenbelt Hike was everything a...

Hillel Lofaso
Feb 74 min read


Keeping Traditions Alive: First Day Walk at Mount Loretto Unique Area
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation offered two walks on Staten Island at Mount Loretto Unique Area and at St....

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Jan 113 min read


The Richard Buegler 10-Mile Fall Greenbelt Hike
Journey's end: The happy smiles on the faces of those of us who successfully completed our 10+ mile hike. Sunday, October 20, the day we...

Hillel Lofaso
Nov 18, 20244 min read


A Mid-Summer's Greenbelt Jaunt
The buckeye butterfly was a colorful companion on my walk. There is a favorite hike of mine in the Greenbelt. It is a circular hike...

Hillel Lofaso
Oct 6, 20246 min read


May Walk Through the Greenbelt
Four times a year, the environmental organization Protectors of Pine Oak Woods schedules a 10-mile walk throughout the Staten Island...

Hillel Lofaso
May 9, 20214 min read
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