08.11.2016 Environment DEC bans shellfish harvesting in parts of Southold Town The Department of Environmental Conservation has temporarily closed shellfish harvesting areas in parts of Southold Town.
05.29.2015 Letters Featured Letter: In defense of the mute swans To the editor: The New York State Department of Conservation can start killing and mutilating (amputating) wings of healthy wild mute swans if the mute swan bill passed by...
05.08.2015 Government Town mulls DEC request to eliminate town permits for deer hunters A decades-old law in Southold Town could soon be eliminated to ease the process for residents to obtain deer hunting permits following a recommendation from the state Department of...
05.04.2015 Environment Beetlemania: Insect poses long-term threat to Pine Barrens The southern pine beetle, as it turns out, isn’t all that southern anymore. The voracious and highly destructive insect — which decimates millions of cubic feet of timber across...
05.04.2015 Agriculture The life cycle of a southern pine beetle infestation Trees attacked by southern pine beetles go through three stages before the beetles move on: Fresh attacks: Females initiate the attack on the tree, releasing pheremones once a suitable...
05.01.2015 Health & Environment Governments team up to help open shellfishing areas The East End’s baymen — at least what’s left of them — are getting a hand from local governments, which are trying to open up shellfish beds that were...
03.11.2015 Environment Under DEC’s revised plans, mute swans could be killed as ‘last resort’ A newly revised state Department of Environmental Conservation plan to deal with mute swan populations in the state would focus on non-lethal management of their numbers on Long Island, only...
03.06.2015 Government Krupski: County prepared to raze ‘Helen Keller house’ It wasn’t known as the Helen Keller house when Maryann Sewell’s family lived there. Her parents, Hans and Elizabeth Strauss, purchased the Bavarian-style home for $5,000 plus $1 for...
02.10.2015 Environment Town officials: It’s time to reopen waterways to shellfishing Frustrated with years of trying to get the State Department of Environmental Conservation to reopen waterways long closed to shellfishing on the North Fork, members of Southold Town’s shellfish...
12.03.2014 Environment Mattituck Airbase removed from state DEC Superfund list The state Department of Environmental Conservation has removed Mattituck Airbase from New York’s Superfund site program. The department notified the public of its intent to remove the New Suffolk...