North Hempstead Council Member Veronica Lurvey joined with the Science Museum of Long Island on June 15 to learn about their ongoing woodland restoration project at the Leeds Pond Preserve.

Local officials were able to hear more about the project which aims to restore native plants to the Preserve’s 36-acre property. Currently, the area has perennial vines and other invasive species which are harmful to native plants, and the animals and organisms that need the native plants to survive.