Tag: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
10.25.2022 Environment
Students become citizen scientists as they gather data of Peconic Estuary at Indian Island County Park
Equipped with chest-high waders, fishing nets, binoculars, collection buckets and more, students from elementary to high school age became citizen scientists Friday. The students, including a group from the...
07.06.2022 Health
DEC providing bottled water to homes in Calverton where ‘forever chemicals’ detected; county health department issues water quality advisory
Areas along both Middle Road in Riverhead and Pinehurst Boulevard in the Brookhaven Town section of Calverton are having similar problems with groundwater contamination. The New York State Department...