Upper Francis pond preserve, Beaver Brook Watershed, Smithers Estate, Gold Coast hiking(Long Island)

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Upper Francis pond preserve, Beaver Brook Watershed, Smithers Estate, Gold Coast hiking(Long Island)
Upper Francis Pond - 25 Acres
This 25-acre preserve is an integral part of a corridor of 150 contiguous acres of protected open space in the Beaver Brook watershed, which includes the Humes Estate and Japanese Stroll Garden and the North Shore Wildlife Sanctuary’s enchanting Shu Swamp. The trail from the parking area skirts a field before entering the forest and leads to a large, treasured pond, which is situated in the center of the preserve. The site is a popular spot for River Otters. The corridor also provides vital breeding habitat for Brook Trout and a large variety of birds, fish and other wildlife species.
HISTORY
This land was formerly owned by the Smithers family and was acquired by Nassau County with funding from Nassau County’s 2004/2006 Environmental Bond Act.
This verdant forest surrounding Upper Francis Pond in the 25-acre, Upper Francis Pond Preserve, is home to the oldest stand of tulip trees in the area and is vital nesting habitat for great horned owls and ruby throated hummingbirds. The trail is easy to navigate and features a gentle slope.
The North Shore Land Alliance has long been interested in acquiring and preserving approximately seven acres of land that connects Nassau County’s Upper Francis Pond Preserve (formerly known as Smithers Pond) to the south, with Shu Swamp Preserve to the north. In the past several months, the Land Alliance has been working with the owner and their representatives to acquire the property. The Land Alliance is currently in contract and anticipates closing on this important acquisition by early summer of 2016.
The property is incredibly important from an ecological and environmental perspective: It consists of freshwater wetlands, underwater lands, a waterway that connects Upper and Lower Francis Ponds, pond frontage, mature woodlands, undeveloped uplands and existing trails that traverse the property. Aside from their ecological value and the fact that these parcels connect two existing preserves, the property is also an important viewshed along Beaver Brook
Road (there is nearly 1,700 feet of road frontage) and it is another seminal piece to the preservation puzzle that now includes the Humes property and will, we hope, include the Japanese Stroll Garden.
Once it is acquired, the Land Alliance will work with the Village of Mill Neck and other regulatory authorities to repair, improve and expand the existing trail so that the property can be publicly accessible and connect to the adjacent Shu Swamp Preserved.
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