A hotel stay plus science
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- April
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The finest linens. Big, flat-screen TV. Spacious closet with safe. Fully stocked honor bar. Oh, and the chance to do a bit of science and contribute to local environmental conservation efforts.
That’s what guests at The Ritz-Carlton can get if they sign up for a Give Back Getaway. Stay at The Ritz-Carlton in White Plains and choose that package, and you’ll be whisked away to Teatown Lake Reservation in Yorktown. Once there, you’ll be greeted by the center’s staff, given an orientation and spend a few hours surveying and mapping invasive plants at the preserve.
The hotel bills the program as a meaningful way for guests to give back to the community. Teatown Executive Director Fred Koontz said the undertaking will allow Teatown to collect data it might not otherwise get to. Participants will walk the trails and use GPS units to mark the location of invasive plants, such as Japanese barberry.
Other Ritz-Carlton locations offer the chance to help propagate young mangrove trees or assist with the recovery of the blue iguana. The program also features Give Back categories of hunger and poverty relief and the well-being of disadvantaged children.
The Teatown package carries a $100 fee for adults and $50 for children, which I’m thinking is above and beyond the room rates.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
