• Recipient of the 2022 Best of Rye Award – Hiking

About The Edith G. Read Sanctuary

The Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary is a 179-acre wildlife sanctuary adjacent to Rye Playland, in Rye, NY. The sanctuary features a shoreline on Long Island Sound, Manursing Lake, salt-marsh wetland, trails through a deciduous forest, a bamboo grove, and fields of native grasses and wildflowers. The National Audubon Society has acknowledged the sanctuary as an Important Bird Area. The sanctuary’s nature center building has nature exhibits and a bird viewing window, and a setting for educational programs. Learn more about the history of the Sanctuary

Current Board Members

Jana Seitz, President
Cynthia Howard, VP/Membership
Michael Kaufman, Treasurer
Paul Rheingold, Secretary
Alyson Beha
Bea Cremieux
Carrie Donahue
Phil Horner
Lynda Kaufman
Jeff Mangum
Cammie Morrissey
Joy Reidenberg, Emeritus
Dot Scarfone
Scott Williamson, Curator
Michael Zazzaro, Assistant Curator
Kassandra Souply, Senior Administrator

Would you like to serve on the Board of Directors?

If you are interested in becoming more active in the organization and would like to serve on the Board of Directors please let us know. We encourage you to join one of our monthly meetings held every second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the sanctuary’s Nature Center building.

Please let us know if you will be joining us at an upcoming meeting or if you are interested in being considered for a Board Member, please send an email to the president@friendsofreadwildlifesanctuary.org .