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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Harborfest & Maritime Festival Return

Celebrations of the twin ports on the Twin Forks are returning this September to Sag Harbor and Greenport. Harborfest Sag

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New Oyster Reef Restoration Efforts Underway on Shelter Island

The Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program, Sylvester Manor Farm, the Town of Shelter Island and local restaurants have teamed up

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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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