International Coastal Cleanup Day is This Saturday
Pictured Above: The 2022 Surfrider beach cleanup at 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. |. Chris Hamilton photo (@northforkfisherman) for the
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Citizen Science
Ospreys Continue to Rebound
Long Island’s osprey population continued its dramatic rebound in the summer of 2022, according to statistics released in late January
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DEC Shares Results of Invasive Herbicide Treatment in the Peconic River
After more than a decade of trying to remove a invasive floating primroses from the Peconic River by hand, the
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Citizen Scientists to Document Riverside’s Water & Air
Pictured Above: Wildwood Lake is just one of the water bodies that is being sampled under the new program. The
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A “Summer of Discontent” in Long Island Waters
There were record numbers of fish kills, dead zones and toxic tides, intensified by summer heat, in Long Island’s estuaries
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Generations Together: Building an Oyster Reef in Springs
About 50 sixth graders from The Springs School met not far from their school, at the end of Landing Lane
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Film Fest Celebrates the Clean Water Act
The Peconic Baykeeper presents the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, on tour to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Clean
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NFEC Highlights Volunteer Water Testing Program
Pictured Above: Dan Carroll testing water in Mattituck Inlet this past summer. | NFEC photo Throughout the world, citizen scientists
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Guiding The Next Decade in the Peconics
PEP’s New Management Plan Faces Threats to the Estuary The Peconic Estuary was named an “Estuary of National Significance” way
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Water Quality Report Sheds Light on Nuanced Health of Bays
Pictured above: At the Sagg Pond sampling site | Blue Water Task Force photo The East End’s Blue Water Task
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New Name, Refocused Mission for Riverhead Foundation
Pictured Above: Marine mammal rehabilitators from the Riverhead Foundation releasing a sea turtle back to the ocean at Ponquogue Beach
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