Restoration — Native America

Candlewood Road Preserve

In the midst of a sprawling suburban community on Long Island is a 43-acre tract of a Scrub-Oak ecosystem which has been the sad recipient of discarded goods and neglect. As more trash accumulated on the site over the years it became even more reason for those with truckfuls of unwanted garbage to make their dumping quick and cheap. Native America joined in cleaning it up and in 2025 it finally became recognized for protection by New York State..

Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge

In an effort to help woodpeckers breed in the face of displacement by the introduced European starlings, which evict the woodpeckers and take over their nesting cavities, Native America has erecting shielded woodpecker nest boxes in parks, preserves, and refuges. The one pictured here was put up behind the visitor's center at Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. The pole is equipped with a Native America plastic tubing to prevent predators.

Central Park

Native America places a shielded Woodpecker nest box in the middle of New York City in Central Park.

Sagamore Hill

In early autumn of 2004, Native America placed two nest boxes for bluebirds in the fields of Theodore Roosevelt's home on Long Island in Sagamore Hill. President Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed watching and identifying the birds on his property and the bluebird was among them. While there are no records of nest boxes there in the early 1900's, today's dwindling native bird populations need nesting site supplementation due to less tree cavities and more predators