Croton’s Conservation Advisory Council worked through Earth Day preparations and heard an introduction from Quiet Clean Croton at its April 21, 2026 meeting. This article is written solely from the meeting’s minutes; croton.news had no reporter present. The minutes describe David Lowell’s introduction to Quiet Clean Croton and “its mission to ban gasoline powered leaf blowers and expressed his hopes for cooperation in the future.” They do not record council action on a ban. Earth Day preparations covered vendor arrangements, tables and chairs, publicity, music and a tree giveaway. Nora Nicholson was to provide water for the Garden Club’s trees. John Ealer was to create a reservation signup after receiving information about the trees. Members planned printed planting guides, volunteer materials and a children’s coloring table. The Hudson River Music Festival was donating a pair of festival tickets to be raffled, and School of Rock Briarcliff was to provide sound equipment for the performers. Members divided flyer-distribution work and planned banners at the train station entrance and Municipal Building. The minutes list May 9 as the rain date, with the Village to decide whether it was needed. The CLEAN report describes a cleanup along Route 9A, Batten Road and behind Sav-More Drugstore. The minutes state: “During this they collected 750 Pounds of trash.” A further cleanup was planned for the 25th at the train station. Members also discussed runoff caught in reeds or flowing into the river from the station parking lot, an area they described as difficult to clean. For dark skies, the minutes describe a memo to be circulated before any final recommendation: “Jason is going to draft a memo based upon CCAC discussion to be circulated to the CCAC for discussion and a final goal of a letter of recommendation to the Board of Trustees.” Other updates covered the Natural Resources Inventory, trail work and the Garden Club. The consultants were still working toward a final NRI product. Further trail cleanups were planned for May 30 and June 14, with locations to be determined. The council approved its March minutes unanimously. *Correction, October 19, 2026: This account now stays within the April 21 minutes. Cross-meeting background, an unsupported next-meeting date and an internally inconsistent trail date described as an upcoming event have been removed. Planned arrangements are distinguished from completed actions.*