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Join us on the first Monday of the month for our public program!
Eastern Long Island Audubon Society is a Chapter of the National Audubon Society serving the communiites from Patchogue to Montauk along the South Shore of Long Island, including western Riverhead, Brookhaven, Southampton and East Hampton.
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Vicky O’Neill has been working in the fields of habitat restoration, land conservation, and environmental education and outreach in the Connecticut and New York area for over 17 years. She received her BS in Biology from SUNY Geneseo and her MS in Biology from The College of William & Mary. For her Master's thesis, she studied the impact of predation on the nesting success of diamondback terrapins in the lower Chesapeake Bay in VA. Vicky started her career at NYC Parks in their Natural Resources Group managing oyster reef restoration, tidal wetland restoration, and fish passage projects in the Bronx. After NYC Parks, she moved to the Randall’s Island Park Alliance where she managed wetland, woodland, and coastlines at the park, along with developing a Wetlands Stewardship Program that educated thousands of residents in Harlem and the South Bronx about wetlands, wildlife, and water quality issues. Prior to her role at Audubon, Vicky was the Long Island Sound Study Habitat Restoration & Stewardship Coordinator at the New York State DEC/NEIWPCC, working with Connecticut and New York partners around the Sound to restore and protect coastal habitat and wildlife.
Vicky O’Neill joined Audubon CT/NY as the Director of Coastal Resilience in November 2023. Vicky is tasked with leading Audubon’s efforts to help coastal areas in Connecticut and New York deal with sea level rise while conserving and restoring natural habitats that support priority birds and benefit coastal communities. She is currently supporting on-the-ground coastal habitat work in places like Stratford CT’s Great Meadows Marsh and Kings Park NY’s Sunken Meadow Marsh, representing Audubon on the new Long Island Sound Coastal Restoration Coalition, and advocating in Hartford and Albany in support of coastal policies and public funding directed towards this important issue.
Vicky is a lifelong New Yorker, growing up on Long Island and spending her childhood exploring the Island’s coastline and natural areas. She fell in love with conservation work (and birds!) through a seasonal Piping Plover Stewardship position at Robert Moses State Park on Long Island during college and hasn’t looked back since!
Meeting is on December 2nd at 7 pm
at The Quogue Wildlife Refuge
3 Old Country Road, Quogue, NY.
It is a free program, open to all.
Refreshments will be available.
You are invited to the
ELIAS December Meeting
Improving Connecticut &
New York's
Coastal Resilience
Through Natural Ecosystems
Connecticut and New York's coastline contains natural ecosystems that provide essential habitat to native birds, fish, and other wildlife. These ecosystems also play a critical role in protecting coastal communities and making them more resilient to climate change impacts such as storm surge, erosion, and inundation. This presentation will discuss climate change impacts our coasts and present Audubon's work to restore coastal habitat for birds and people in our region.
