In The News

May, 2022

Parks & Trails New York announces $50,000 in grants to Genesee Valley Trail Town communities

Olean Times Herald

ALBANY — Parks & Trails New York announced Wednesday the recipients of $50,000 in grants to support communities participating in the Genesee Valley Trail Town initiative, including several in Allegany County.

Volunteers Show Their Love for Canarsie Pier in Spite of Harsh Weather

Canarsie Courier

Enduring strong wind, harsh rain and cold weather, volunteers rallied together on Saturday to beautify and clean up the shoreline around Canarsie Pier.

Volunteers Came Together to Clean Their Parks for a Great Cause

WIBX FM

All state and local parks in New York are absolutely beautiful, but sometimes they need to be shown a little extra love. Volunteers all across New York State came together with their communities this year for National #ILoveMyParkDay. Here's a couple of projects that were completed to help better both their local parks and the environment they support.

Tedisco, Simpson call for ‘I Love NY Parks Summer Discount

Saratogian

Saturday marked I Love My Park Day. Thousands of volunteers from across the state headed to parks, beaches, trails and historic sites to clean up and make improvements to the great outdoors. From Long Island to the Canadian border, more than 150 parks received deserved attention.

Volunteers celebrate I Love My Park Day at Moreau Lake State Park

Spectrum News 1

Saturday marked I Love My Park Day. Thousands of volunteers from across the state headed to parks, beaches, trails and historic sites to clean up and make improvements to the great outdoors. From Long Island to the Canadian border, more than 150 parks received deserved attention.

Volunteers celebrate I Love My Park Day at Green Lakes State Park

Spectrum News 1

Saturday was I Love My Park Day. It’s the 11th annual state-wide effort to clean up, to improve and beautify New York's parks. It welcomes volunteers ready to plant trees, restore trails and remove invasive species.

FDR STATE PARK, YORKTOWN, I LOVE MY PARK DAY MAY 7

Yonkers Times

Join us on Saturday, May 7, for the eleventh annual I Love My Park Day event. Parks & Trails New York, in partnership with New York State Parks and the Department of Environmental Conservation, will host over 150 volunteer events at state parks, historic sites, and public lands across the state.

I Love My Park Day Up and Down the Old Croton Aqueduct in Six Locations

River Journal

This will be the 10th year that the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct will have hosted ILMPD on the Aqueduct Trail sponsored by PTNY

April, 2022

Letter to the Editor: I Love My Park Day

Press Republican

TO THE EDITOR: Our nature is in our park. This year's "I Love My Park Day" is Saturday, May 7. One of New York's finest parks is the North Country's Point au Roche State Park. This 850-acre Park includes hiking and biking trails through forests and rocky peninsulas, plus a sandy beach on Lake Champlain.

17th Annual Canal Clean Sweep in Capital Region is underway

CBS 6 - Albany

Capital Region (WRGB) — New York's largest Earth Day celebration kicks off Friday! Volunteer groups from across New York State will take place in the 17th annual Canal Clean Sweep. Organizers are expecting this year's event to be the most widely attended clean sweep in the 17 years it's been held. More than 120 clean sweep events are scheduled and over 2,500 volunteers will come together this weekend to give back to the trail some say brings joy all year long.

11th annual 'I Love My Park' Day set for May 7

The Chronicle Express

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks), the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and Parks & Trails New York (PTNY) announced that registration is now open for the 11th annual I Love My Park Day, which will be held on Saturday, May 7 at state parks, historic sites, and public lands across New York.

Registration open for New York ‘I Love My Park’ day

News10 ABC--Albany

ALBANY, N.Y. (WWTI) — Registration is now open for the 11th annual New York “I Love My Park” Day. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Parks & Trails New York will host this year’s event on Saturday, May 7 at state parks, historic sites, and public lands across New York.

Canal Clean Sweep Events Will Celebrate Earth Day Throughout The Weekend

Oswego County Today

CNY – Volunteer groups will be out on the Canalway Trail at several locations in Central New York this weekend cleaning up debris and litter left along the trail from this past winter as well as rake and remove small, downed tree limbs and branches.

Staatsburgh State Historic Site’s 'I Love My Park' Day of Volunteerism

I Love NY

Staatsburg, N.Y. (4/18/22) — Staatsburgh State Historic Site will host volunteers for another annual spring day of volunteerism at as part of more than 100 cleanup, improvement and beautification events happening statewide on Saturday, May 7.

Volunteers to spiff up banks, trails along Erie Canal this weekend

Finger Lakes Times

The 2022 New York state canal navigation season is set to open May 22. In anticipation, volunteers across the state are setting out this weekend for the 17th annual Canal Clean Sweep. The annual cleanup event begins Friday and concludes Sunday. More than 100 Clean Sweep events are expected along the more than 400-mile-long Canalway Trail system and 524-mile-long canal system.

New Yorkers Can Sign Up Now For 'I Love My Park Day'

Patch.com

NEW YORK — If you have a favorite state park and want to give back, you can register now for the 11th annual I Love My Park Day taking place Saturday, May 7.

New York ‘I Love My Park’ day returning May 7

Rochester First

ALBANY, N.Y. (WWTI) — Registration is now open for the 11th annual New York I Love My Park Day. Leading the event, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Department of Environmental Conservation and Parks & Trails New York will host this year’s “I Love My Park Day” on Saturday, May 7 at state parks, historic sites and public lands across New York.

State Parks, DEC and PTNY encourage New Yorkers to sign up for the 11th annual ‘I Love My Park’ Day

Hudson Valley 360

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation and the Department of Environmental Conservation announced that registration is now open for the 11th annual I Love My Park Day.

Cayuga Lake State Park to Host I Love My Park Day Event

FingerLakes1.com

State Parks will host volunteers at Cayuga Lake as part of more than 100 cleanup, improvement and beautification events happening statewide on Saturday, May 7. I Love My Park Day is an exciting statewide event to improve and enhance New York’s state parks and historic sites and bring visibility to the entire state park system and its needs.

A call for volunteers for the 17th annual Canal Clean Sweep

Hudson Valley 360

Volunteers are encouraged to register today, as groups across New York State prepare for the 17th Canal Clean Sweep, to be held April 22-24, 2022. Canal Clean Sweep is an annual clean-up event held across the New York State Canal System and Canalway Trail.