05.29.2014 Environment Could new regulations to filter waste ‘muddy the waters’? New construction and any big renovation projects on Long Island would need to incorporate modern waste treatment systems to better filter nitrogen and keep it from reaching ground and...
02.17.2014 Environment Guest Spot: Nothing simple about our water crisis Protecting our surface and ground waters is L.I.’s public issue number one. The L.I. Clean Water Partnership has done a great job in increasing public and political awareness. But...
05.19.2013 News ‘Environmental Champions’ honor for fish passage The late Bob Conklin of Flanders and Jim Miller of Southold were honored as “Environmental Champions” by the North Fork Environmental Council on Thursday for their work establishing a...
04.09.2013 News Environmental Council to honor Peconic baykeeper The North Fork Environmental Council will honor baykeeper Kevin McAllister as its environmentalist of the year during an awards ceremony in Riverhead next month. The organization will give Mr....
11.16.2012 Columns Guest Column: Zoning should remain; Walter should recuse The Riverhead Neighborhood Preservation Coalition and the Greater Calverton Civic Association have taken the position that the Riverhead Town Board should not agree to a proposed settlement with Calverton...
05.08.2012 News North Fork Environmental Council to honor three local activists Former Riverhead Councilwoman Barbara Blass, preservation advocate Richard Wines and local green activist Lillian Ball are this year’s recipients of environmental awards given by the North Fork Environmental Council....
08.03.2011 News Riverhead Town civics battle over car shop proposal When it came to opposing a proposed shopping center on the corner of Park Road and Sound Avenue, members of the Sound Park Heights Civic Association in Reeves Park...
01.26.2011 Uncategorized Q&A with new leader of North Fork Environmental Council As it embarks on what it’s calling a “west to east agenda,” the North Fork Environmental Council has chosen a new leader, Bill Toedter, 51, of Southold, to remedy...