What is Dragonfly Day?

​​The New York State Legislature recently passed the resolution for the June 9th, 2018 to be recognized as Dragonfly Day in New York State.

Dragonfly Day is an opportunity to hold educational events in New York State to increase awareness of the value of wetlands and encourage the implementation of climate change adaption strategies.​

Hold a Dragonfly Day Event in Your Local Community​

• Organize a dragonfly walk (savoring our wildlife & environment generates the will to save it)
• Increase awareness on chemical-free lawns, farms and gardens
• Organize rain-garden projects to protect waterways and sensitive areas from storm water run-off
• Invite an environmental organization to run a water quality testing workshop
• Plant trees and learn about how tree-lined roads absorb 30% of pollution

*It is with thanks to Assemblyman Fred Thiele and Senator Kenneth LaValle that for Dragonfly Day an opportunity to educate the public and enact changes that will protect our environment. 

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Dragonfly Day Educational Events

For example, this is what we are doing for our Dragonfly Day event this year on the East End of Long Island (post your event photos on our photo-gallery page).
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​CMEE (Childrens Museum of the East End): 10-12:00pm
10:00-12:00 Dragonfly art show! Local 5th Graders display their dragonfly art-work. 
10:00-12:00 Tabling: Sierra Club Long Island, Peconac Trust, Peconic Estuary Project, Accabonac Protection Committee, Surfrider Foundation.
10:00-12:00 Long Island dragonfly dark room! Slide show with hundreds of beautiful dragonflies; some are extinct/disappeared (Jean Held).
10:30-11:30 Build rain-gardens at CMEE with Long Island Native Plant Initiative. 
11:30-12:00 Refreshments. 
 
SOFO (South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center):12-2:00pm
12:00-12:15 Fred Thiele will present the proclamation NYS Dragonfly Day 2018. 
12:15-12:35 Frank Quevedo will talk on predators and climate adaption.
12:35-12:50 The Perfect Earth Project: alternatives to chemical use on lawns, compost tea, the soil biome and water quality. 
12:50-01:30 Dragonfly walk with an Odonata expert! 
01:30-02:00 Water quality testing workshop by the Surfrider Foundation.