Croton’s Conservation Advisory Council began preparing for a leadership change on September 9, 2025, when Chair John Ealer said he would resign at the end of the year because of work demands. The council also reviewed efforts to restart the Repair Café and maintain the village’s gardens and trails. This article is written solely from the meeting's official minutes; croton.news had no reporter present. Ealer and Sherry Horowitz had met with Asbury about the Repair Café. Their next step was a meeting with the library, followed by a choice of venue and a date. The minutes describe that work as planning; they do not record a scheduled event or a venue agreement. Garden volunteers had maintained four public gardens over the summer. Mayor Brian Pugh was to speak with DPW about the village-maintained portion of Gotwald Circle, where the minutes described mowed weeds beside the volunteers’ pollinator gardens. New garden signs were awaiting visual review. The trails update reported summer cleanups, new trail markers and a new sign on North Highland. Work on an updated trail map continued, with a fall meeting planned to organize further maintenance. Members also reviewed natural resource inventory work. Jason Mencher and Madalyn Bozinski were scheduled to attend a September 22 meeting in Cortlandt. Halle Clarke was to investigate Croton River watershed boundaries and property guidelines so the council could share information with residents. The council placed dark-sky rules and invasive plants on its October agenda. Mencher was to review Cortlandt’s dark-sky law; Eva Thaddeus would examine its invasive-plant code, while Rachel Bernstein would pursue sharing a prohibited-plants list with garden stores. These were research assignments, not newly adopted village rules. Ealer also urged members to settle the goals and priorities for Earth Day 2026 before year’s end. The council approved its July minutes and scheduled its next meeting for October 14 at 7:30 p.m.