I Love My Park Day
Love Our New York Lands Days & I Love My Park Day
Love Our New York Lands: Campgrounds Day on Saturday, July 8, 2023
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Parks & Trails New York (leaves DEC website), in partnership with DEC and New York State Parks hosts I Love My Park Day, held annually the first Saturday in May, and attracts thousands of volunteers from across the state to participate in cleanup, improvement, and beautification events at New York State parks, historic sites and public lands.
The 12th annual I Love My Park Day, held on May 6, 2023, encouraged volunteers to celebrate New York's park system and prepare our public lands for spring by cleaning up park lands and beaches, planting trees and gardens, restoring trail and wildlife habitat, removing invasive species, and working on various site improvement projects. In total, DEC hosted sixteen events at Environmental Education Centers, state and wild forests, trailheads, and multiple use/unique areas across the state.
To encourage year-round stewardship, PTNY, State Parks and DEC will launch additional volunteer opportunities throughout the summer and fall as part of the Love Our New York Lands campaign. The campaign goal is to help protect our natural resources by providing visitors with the knowledge necessary to reduce their impact, engage users to practice sustainable and safe recreation, and help all visitors feel welcome while visiting state lands.
The first event of the series, Campgrounds Day, will be held on Saturday, July 8, 2023, and will focus on improvements and cleanups at state campgrounds facilities.
In addition to these stewardship events, participants are encouraged to Love Our New York Lands all year by practicing Leave No Trace principles and by recreating safely, sustainably, and hiking in suitable conditions based on weather and experience level.
Projects at Campgrounds Day include building bluebird or bat boxes, campsite cleanup, trail maintenance, gardening projects, and other general beautification projects.
Register for all projects on Parks & Trails New York's website.
Love Our New York Lands: Campgrounds Day
Region 3: Catskills
- Mongaup Pond Campground & Day Use Area at 10 a.m.
- Meeting location: Day use parking lot
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
Region 4: Northern Catskills
- North-South Lake Campground & Day Use Area at 10 a.m.
- Meeting location: North Lake beach pavilion
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
- Little Pond Campground & Day Use Area at 10 a.m.
- Meeting location: Day use parking lot
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
Region 5: Adirondacks
- Northampton Beach Campground & Day Use Area at 9 a.m.
- Meeting location: Boat launch
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
- Limekiln Lake Campground & Day Use Area at 10 a.m.
- Meeting location: Maintenance garage at main entrance
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
- Luzerne Campground & Day Use Area at 10 a.m.
- Meeting location: Day use area
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
- Scaroon Manor Campground & Day Use Area at 10 a.m.
- Meeting location: Pavilion in day use area
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
- Crown Point Campground & Day Use Area at 10 am.
- Meeting location: Day use area
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
- Fish Creek Pond Campground & Day Use Area at 9 a.m.
- Meeting location: Amphitheater
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
Region 6: Western Adirondacks/Mohawk Valley
- Nicks Lake Campground & Day Use Area at 10 a.m.
- Meeting location: Garage parking lot
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
- Cranberry Lake Campground & Day Use Area at 9 a.m.
- Meeting location: Day use pavilion
- Register on Parks & Trails New York
