Help for Kelp
As the nascent sugar kelp cultivation industry gets off the ground on the East End, there are many hurdles it
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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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Shinnecock Bay Named a Mission Blue “Hope Spot”
Pictured Above: Stony Brook researchers set oysters on the man-made reefs in Shinnecock Bay | ShiRP photo Mission Blue, a
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Plum Island Divers Report on An Unspoiled Ecosystem
Divers who spent a week last August exploring the underwater lands surrounding Plum Island are still excited by the pristine
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Peconic Jitney Could Return
The Peconic Jitney passenger water taxi connecting Sag Harbor and Greenport could return this summer, if both villages and Suffolk County agree to the arrangement.
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Revisiting Tiana’s Life-Savers of Color
Pictured Above: The lifesaving station is now being restored as a museum telling the history of the lifesaving service in
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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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Amagansett Life-Saving Station Gets a Rare Gift
Pictured Above: Mayda Idone with Scott Bradley, and Michael Cinque, Co-Presidents of the Amagansett Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station Society
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Shellabration Returns to Greenport
Pictured Above: Little Creek Oysters in downtown Greenport is a mainstay of Shellabration festivities | CCE marine photo The 10th
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Mary E Righted After Maine Knockdown
Pictured Above: The Mary E under sail in Maine. | Maine Maritime Museum Photo Longtime Greenport residents may remember the
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A Groundbreaking Exploration of the Waters Off Plum Island
All islands are shaped by the waters surrounding them, and Plum Island, which sits just off the end of Orient
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