NEWS OF THE MONTH FROM THE TARRYTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

MAY 2021
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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This month, we're pretty proud of the all-hands-on-deck approach to keeping Tarrytown -- its lakes and parks, streets and shoreline -- clean. Work continues on a native plant project on the grounds of the Warner Library, and it's widening to include Broadway. Read on to find out what plants are begging to be yanked (they're invasive!), and what you can plant in the shade (they're native!). Come to our (Zoom) meeting. It's Thursday night, May 6! (See below for the link.)

Vine Removal and Clean-up at the Lakes

A huge shout-out to everyone who came out and helped to remove trash and perform vines removal around the Lakes!

It was a gorgeous Spring day and it was fantastic to see everyone working together.

Based on our best estimates, we collected more than 30 bags of trash and about 7 or 8 truckloads of vines and overgrowth. Volunteers cleared the vine screen that was blocking the view of the lake from the Neperan parking lot and others cleared vines from the western portion of the Red trail.

Special thanks to David Starkey who offered hungry volunteers a generous discount at Grass Roots Kitchen!!

LOVE YOUR VILLAGE
JOINING TEAC IS EASY. JUST COME TO A (ZOOM) MEETING.
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TEAC relies on volunteers to keep things moving, and we usually meet on the 1st Thursday in Village Hall, One Depot Plaza, at 7:00 PM.

In light of the pandemic, we've moved our monthly meetings online -- Zoom-style for now -- so you can still pitch in. The next regular TEAC meeting will be on THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021. The meetings are open to all.

To join the meeting, launch your Zoom app, then use the following login credentials:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86908757827?pwd=OTlOVUpmb3hxYTErMnR0ZzI3SHJpdz09

Meeting ID: 869 0875 7827
Passcode: 976371

SUCCESS!
RIVERKEEPER RIVER SWEEP RECAP
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By Annie Kravet

Saturday, May 1st, was a beautiful day for the 10th annual Riverkeeper Sweep, a day of service organized by the Ossining-based Riverkeeper organization, with local groups pitching in to clean up along the Hudson River and its tributaries from Brooklyn to the Adirondacks. Here in Tarrytown, a group of volunteers organized by TEAC gathered at Losee Park at 9 am. Due to windy conditions, it was determined that the group would stay on shore this year. Instead of tackling the clean up with a group of kayakers on the water and others on land, we all set out together by foot with bags, gloves, and grabber-tools to clean up our shoreline.