Mulvihill Preserve

The woodland and wetland property straddles the Ronkonkoma moraine and serves as a groundwater recharge area — helping to protect our drinking water. The Southampton Trails Preservation Society blazed a trail on the property, which is open to the public, giving you the opportunity to enjoy the peaceful solitude of a woodland walk and a chance to admire woodland plants and wildlife including an amazing variety of migrating birds, as well as wild blueberries and dogwoods, a white pine forest, tupelo maple trees, birch and beech trees growing alongside vernal ponds, and more.

Carol Mulvihill Ahlers, daughter of Dolores’ brother Daniel, told us, “The Mulvihill family is proud of Dolores’ work with the Peconic Land Trust and grateful to her for preserving our grandparents’ land for future generations to enjoy.”

To read more about Dolores’ gift to the community, see our Fall 2001 Newsletter and 2011 Newsletter, which features the original 75 acre preservation (2001) and Dolores’ additional protection in 2011 — just prior to her passing in 2012.

This woodland would not be here if it weren’t for Dolores’ visionary thinking. We are truly grateful for her generosity and dedication to her community and for Dolores’ trust in us.