# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Hempstead Plains: The Last Stand of a Long Island Grassland
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Speaker: Dr. Paul van Wie
 
The Hempstead Plains is a rare East Coast prairie ecosystem that once covered 40,000 acres of central Long Island but today faces the risk of disappearing forever. This globally unique grassland has lost over 99.9 percent of its historic area to development and is designated G1 Critically Imperiled. Resembling the prairies of the Midwest—but sitting just east of New York City—the Hempstead Plains provides key habitat for birds, insects, and numerous rare and threatened plant species. Source: HempsteadPlains.org
 
Join us as Dr. Paul van Wie, president of Friends of Hempstead Plains, shares his knowledge of the fascinating ecological and human history of the Plains and the ongoing efforts to protect and restore the native prairie so that it will endure for future generations.
 
Paul is also a professor of history at Molloy University; vice president of the Agricultural Society of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties; and trustee of the Nassau County Historical Society and the Franklin Square Historical Society.
 
Open to the public. Free of charge. Light refreshments will be served. No need to RSVP.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/freeport/the-hempstead-plains-the-last-stand-of-a-long-island-grassland/200029742432119
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Freeport
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Freeport Memorial Library
- **lat**: 40.65341
- **long**: -73.58702
- **full address**: Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W Merrick Rd, Freeport, NY 11520-3726, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: South Shore Audubon Society (https://allevents.in/org/south-shore-audubon-society/14018450)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W Merrick Rd, Freeport, NY 11520-3726, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** South Shore Audubon Society
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