Get Back to the Bays
Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Back to the Bays Initiative has begun its spring membership drive, and is asking members of the
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Nature
Kelp Farmers Get A Big Surprise
Pictured Above: Stony Brook University scientist Mike Doall and oyster farmer Paul McCormick with kelp grown on the Great Gunn
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State of the Bays: Turning the Nitrogen Tide
Pictured Above: Dr. Christopher Gobler at his 2019 State of the Bays address. One of Long Island’s bays has seen
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State of The Bays Talk to Tackle Climate Resilience
On Friday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., Dr. Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University will present his annual lecture: “State
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Suffolk Seeks to Help Shuckers
Pictured Above: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone tries his hand at shucking oysters at the March 11 press conference at
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From The Center of the Bay
by George Cork Maul It’s winter. It’s cold. Nobody is thinking about taking their boat out for a leisurely circle
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A Boardwalk for Reeves Bay
Reeves Bay sits in the Peconics just outside and south of the mouth of the Peconic River. Hugged on most
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Into Quogue’s Fairy Dell
Down on the southern edge of the Quogue Wildlife Refuge, across the railroad tracks and a crossroads of former wagon
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Get Schooled on Alewives
Tributaries within the Peconic Estuary watershed and around Long Island once supported spring runs of alewives returning from the ocean
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Big Changes for Baykeeper
The Peconic Baykeeper organization, which has been working to protect and restore the Peconic Estuary for 21 years, is undergoing
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Make the Peconic Estuary Your Valentine
The centerfold of the print edition of the East End Beacon has always been a love letter to the Peconic
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