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04.30.2026 Environment

Officials lobby to name Pine Barrens preserve for Amper, protect remaining acres

A newly proposed Pine Barrens preserve could soon bear the name of the man who spent decades fighting to protect it — as Brookhaven officials push Albany to help...

04.01.2026 Featured Story

Remembering L.I. Pine Barrens Society’s Dick Amper: ‘A force of nature’

During what environmental advocates deemed the “War of the Woods” in the 1980s, when encroaching development threatened Long Island’s Pine Barrens, Richard Amper stood firmly on the frontlines to...

04.24.2025 Environment

Area officials crack down on illegal dumping

Suffolk County officials have a warning for anyone illegally dumping garbage in the Pine Barrens: They are watching the woods. On April 22, at a press conference outside the...

Uniformed police officers and men in suits flank the Suffolk County Sheriff, who is speaking at a podium.

12.09.2024 Environment

Whistleblowers expose illegal dumping in the Pine Barrens

Two Long Island men were arrested this week for allegedly violating Suffolk County’s new Evergreen Initiative Law by dumping a pile of construction materials and household debris in a...

06.14.2024 News

Pine Barrens commission to develop nature center raise awareness and curb illegal dumping

The state Central Pine Barrens Commission took its first step last week towards the creation of a state-of-the-art nature center to teach the public about the East End’s pine barrens and...

04.15.2024 News

SCWA’s 2023 water main groundbreaking was just ‘ceremonial’

A Suffolk County Water Authority capital project to build an eight-mile, $35 million pipeline linking the Pine Barrens aquifer to Southold Town is not yet underway, and will take...

02.20.2024 Environment

Man charged for dumping 24-foot boat in Pine Barrens

The Central Pine Barrens Commission and Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office made a joint arrest of Timothy Hughes of Shirley, who dumped his 24-foot 1980 Century boat in the Pine...

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