03.24.2013 News Baykeeper needs help to keep ‘Kathy’ afloat Fifteen years ago, at about this very time, water lover Kevin McAllister launched a local nonprofit dedicated to protecting the Peconic and South Shore bay systems on Long Island’s...
02.21.2013 Letters Letter: Let’s do something about brown tide To the Editor: Over the past number of years Peconic Bay has been subject to a number of brown tide events. These brown tides are examples of HABs, or...
02.01.2013 Education Project aims to bring wetlands back to life Bishop McGann-Mercy High School is nearing completion of a pond remediation project that aims to bring dying wetlands back to life, while educating students about remediation and stormwater pollution....
11.29.2012 Business There are scallops to be found this season Scallop season didn’t begin with its usual bang the first Monday in November thanks to Hurricane Sandy, but fish markets and restaurant menus are stocked with the cold-weather shellfish...
09.18.2012 News Peconic Baykeeper: Nitrogen loading at ‘crisis proportions’ The state of nitrogen loading in Suffolk County’s bays has reached crisis proportions, says Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister, who, as part of a celebration of the 40th anniversary of...
09.18.2012 News Photos: Pararescue teams compete in ‘rodeo’ on the Peconic The threat of high winds and rain didn’t stop the Air National Guard from hosting its rescue rodeo in the Peconic Bay Tuesday morning. Six U.S. pararescue teams, known...
09.18.2012 News Air National Guard ‘rodeo’ takes on Peconic Bay Tuesday Seven teams of Air National Guard rescue squad members will show off their considerable skills Tuesday during an unusual “rodeo” involving an unusual race of inflatable Zodiac boats from...
09.06.2012 News ‘Rust tide’ found in Peconic Bay First there was the brown tide, then the red tide and now, floating in waters at either end of the Peconic estuary system, are patches of what New Englanders...