SUNDAYS AT TWO

Sunday, October 18, 2:00 PM. Sundays at Two Program: Jin Shin Jyutsu and Crystal Singing Bowls with Sue Denis and Maria Maier.

Singing Bowls

Enjoy an hour of relaxation, stress reduction, and good health at this Sundays at Two Program hosted by Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt. Jin Shin Jyutsu uses gentle touch to restore the body’s natural energy flow. Crystal singing bowls create calming sounds and healing vibrations. These complementary modalities promote a peaceful state and support natural healing. Relax and rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit. Meet at the Long Pond Greenbelt Nature Center, 1061 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike. For more info, contact Dai Dayton at 631-745-0689.

Susan Remkus Denis is an RN, MS-MFT, Board Certified Holistic Integrative Nurse Coach, family therapist, and health education teacher. She is trained as a Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner, self-help instructor, and animal companion practitioner. She is also trained in Reiki, has studied Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing), and is on the faculty of the American Heart Association. She volunteers at the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation doing Jin Shin Jyutsu on fearful and traumatized dogs and cats.

Maria Maier, a certified Tibetan Tones vibrational practitioner through Sonic Wellness Institute, attended the Sage Academy of Sound Energy Sound Healing Retreat Intensive. Maria is also a Reiki Master. Her work as a sound practitioner includes crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, tuning forks, and chimes. Maria believes in sound as a healing tool and in supporting the body’s natural healing ability through meditation, relaxation, and vibration.

Eastern Box Turtle Shell Damage and Health in an Urban Landscape

ACTION ALERT!

The Long Pond Greenbelt needs your help!

FLPG is working with Mike Bottini from Seatuck Environmental Association to raise funds for a Safe Wildlife Passage to replace the malfunctioning culvert under the Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike. Ligonee Brook flows through a long concrete culvert under private property and Sag Harbor Village property, and then under CR 79 (aka Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike).

Ligonee is a key link in the Long Pond Greenbelt system, connecting the greenbelt’s freshwater to the tidal waters of Sag Harbor. It is a known conduit for American Eels traveling to and from the ponds and spawning sites in the ocean, and for Alewives making their way to and from their spawning site in Long Pond.

We’ve recently learned that River Otters are also using Ligonee. In the winter of 2025, an otter was forced out of the brook due to the dilapidated culvert and forced to cross the turnpike, where it was hit and killed.

Suffolk County DPW has agreed to replace the section of culvert under CR 79 with a “safe wildlife passage design” that will accommodate aquatic and terrestrial species.

The remaining culvert system will be removed, and the stream bed and banks will be restored. Southampton Town has agreed to fund the culvert removal and stream bed and bank restoration work. To apply for town funding, we need to provide basic information, including an updated survey showing the property lines (village and private) and the exact location of the underground culvert on those properties.

Seatuck has agreed to fund the $9,000 surveying expenses, and we hope to match this to remove the invasive phragmites that are threatening to block Ligonee and Long Pond.

Although Long Island has a few completed fish passage and otter passage projects, we are not aware of any designed to accommodate multiple species.

This is an exciting, much-needed project given our dense road system, and we hope it will kick off more projects like it.

Thank you for supporting this vital project! Please donate now.