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10.17.2020 Environment

Nitrogen-reducing septic systems to be required in all new construction projects

A new law adopted unanimously by the Suffolk County Legislature last week will require the use of nitrogen-reducing septic systems in all new construction projects. Lawmakers and environmental advocates...

10.11.2020 Environment

Eastern Long Island Sound earns high grades in latest water quality report

Long Island Sound earned an A+ and A on its latest report card related to water quality. The high grades issued in Save the Sound’s 2020 report represent the...

10.10.2020 Environment

Atlantic Marine Conservation Society receives $95G for education coordinator

In its four-year existence, the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society has done what it can to help marine wildlife. Now the AMCS is getting a helping hand itself. The nonprofit AMSC...

10.04.2020 Environment

Suffolk County acquiring development rights, open space in Riverhead

The Suffolk County Legislature’s Environment, Parks and Agriculture committee unanimously recommended two conservation efforts in Riverhead Town at its meeting Friday. The measures are expected to be voted on...

09.23.2020 Environment

Senate candidates Ahearn, Palumbo share environmental positions at forum

The two candidates for New York’s 1st Senate District both pitched themselves as advocates for the environment during an online forum last week hosted by the New York League...

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09.02.2020 Environment

Residents agree Riverhead should hold off on approving more solar farms at public hearing

Residents for the most part voiced concerns about allowing additional solar energy farms in Calverton during a public hearing on a proposed 12-month moratorium on new projects before the...

08.20.2020 Environment

Dolphins are showing up more often in local waters — to the delight of boaters

Some beachgoers may be sticking to the sand after recent reports of shark sightings on the South Shore, but those venturing out onto the water in recent weeks have...

08.01.2020 COVID-19

Krupski says county executive’s decision to drop bailout plan was ‘right thing to do’

A resolution that would have diverted monies set aside to preserve open space and farmland to instead plugging Suffolk County’s budget gaps has been withdrawn, and a special meeting...

07.27.2020 Environment

‘Envision Plum Island’ report spurs renewed call for preservation

When a survey of marine habitats on and around Plum Island was completed last September, one of the many remarkable discoveries was the abundance of birds on the 822-acre...

05.20.2020 Environment

Plum Island marine survey finds abundance of animal, plant life

The waters surrounding Plum Island, one of the more mysterious areas in New York State, are a little less of a mystery now. A team of divers and marine...

05.18.2020 Environment

County looks to preserve 40-acre Anderson farms off Roanoke Avenue

A Suffolk County legislative committee is recommending that the county buy the development rights to 39 acres of farmland off Roanoke and Reeves avenues in Riverhead. The environment, parks...

03.09.2020 Environment

Environmental group calls on New York to pass strict new drinking water standards

The Citizens Campaign for the Environment is calling on New York State to pass strict new drinking water standards sooner rather than later, saying that people are drinking water...

03.06.2020 Environment

Enforcement of statewide plastic bag ban delayed one more month

Enforcement of New York’s plastic bag ban, which took effect Sunday, has been pushed off one month after an eleventh-hour lawsuit was filed challenging the legislation. The lawsuit, filed...

02.28.2020 Environment

State DEC conducts 37-acre controlled burn in Calverton

The State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers, along with DEC staff and volunteers, completed a 37-acre prescribed fire Friday on the Otis Pike Preserve property in Calverton. The...

02.26.2020 Environment

Planning Board requests environmental impact study for proposed Calverton facility

The Riverhead Planning Board last Thursday identified a number of issues it wants Breezy Hill Group VI, LLC to investigate in an environmental impact study of its proposal for an asphalt...

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