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...
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...