08.22.2015 Government Amper to Walter: Sit this vote out on Kent Animal Shelter The head of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society wants Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter to recuse himself from voting on Kent Animal Shelter’s waiver application before the Central Pine...
03.19.2015 Columns Amper: Expand preservation fund to tackle water quality On April 2, East Enders will celebrate an important milestone: The Community Preservation Fund will have generated over $1 billion and preserved more than 10,000 acres of open space...
09.17.2014 Environment County water deal to go to voters in November County legislators voted overwhelmingly last week to let Suffolk voters decide the fate of a plan that would eventually replenish the Drinking Water Protection Program, which has so far...
11.27.2013 Government Court case over county budget looming; green group could file this week Suffolk County could find itself being called to court as early as this week, as environmental groups consider if and when to take legal action after the county officially...
06.27.2013 Columns Guest Column: Let’s keep on saving Suffolk’s open space Two weeks ago, freshman Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski introduced legislation to alter Suffolk’s Drinking Water Protection Program to favor farmland preservation over open space. It was a dumb-headed...
06.19.2013 News Enviros protest farmland preservation bill Environmental advocates lined up Tuesday to speak out against a bill proposed in the Suffolk County Legislature that’s designed to revise the county’s land preservation program. The bill, proposed...
05.17.2013 News Sandy to blame for white pine trees changing color Spring is in full bloom, and the region’s grasses and hardwoods are greening up accordingly. But some pine trees are not, and experts say it’s due to the salt...
03.21.2013 Letters Letter: What does he mean by utter destruction? To the Editor: In the March 14 News-Review newspaper article about Sandy-damaged cars parked on grass at EPCAL, Pine Barrens Society executive director Richard Amper speaks of photos that...