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03.26.2025 Environment

Julie Dickerson takes reins as local environmental conservation officer

A familiar face is taking over as the North Fork’s top wildlife cop; Julie Dickerson of Cutchogue has been tapped to step in following the transfer of Department of...

03.17.2025 Environment

Cutchogue landfill solar facility still under discussion

The Southold Town planning board met to discuss the proposed solar facility over the former Cutchogue landfill at a public hearing on Monday, March 10. The hearing was kept...

03.14.2025 Environment

Riverhead officials sign off on Scott’s Pointe changes with no further environmental review required

As the lead agency in the environmental review process, the Riverhead Town Board issued a conditional “negative declaration” last week for the revised Scott’s Pointe site plan, which seeks...

03.07.2025 Environment

Mattituck parks hosts annual Return of the Osprey at Breakwater Beach

UPDATE: This event has been postponed to Sunday, March 23, from noon 2 p.m. at Breakwater Beach in Mattituck. The Mattituck Park District sent out an email announcement Thursday...

03.05.2025 Environment

Public hearing set for solar power facility at former Cutchogue landfill

A proposal to construct a 20-acre commercial solar power facility at the former Cutchogue landfill was deemed complete by the Southold Town Planning Board during a Feb. 10 meeting....

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02.25.2025 Environment

Crescent Duck Farm hatches new generation of ducklings

Crescent Duck Farm has hatched a small batch of ducklings from the 15,000 eggs saved from their facility after the H5N1 outbreak in January. As of yesterday, about 3,700...

02.24.2025 Environment

Oyster spawning season kicks off at Cornell Cooperative Extension aquaculture center

Love is in the air for the oysters at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County aquaculture program in Southold. To kick off this year’s spawning season, mature oysters...

02.20.2025 Environment

Southold extends $79K award agreement to remove invasive reed species

A $79,864 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will be used to help remove Phragmites australis, an invasive common reed plant, from 3.1 acres of land around...

02.18.2025 Environment

What’s up with the low tide in Peconic Bay?

Dog walkers, birders and avid fishermen alike have been stumped by the recent low tides along the Peconic Bay shoreline as winds whipped through Long Island’s East End. According...

02.18.2025 Environment

Peconic Land Trust and DEC agree to conservation easement for Reese Preserve

The Peconic Land Trust and the New York State Department of Conservation recently agreed to a conservation easement for the 29.8-acre Harold A. Reese preserve in Southold; the development...

02.17.2025 Environment

Ironing out Southold food scrap program

For participants in Southold Town’s municipal food scraps drop-off program, there has been a bit of a learning curve about what is being accepted. The program experienced a bumpy...

02.13.2025 Environment

Town officials approve bonds for storm drainage, sidewalks

A set of bonds totaling $650,000 to maintain stormwater mitigation projects and sidewalk improvements were approved by Southold Town Board last week. A $250,000 bond will finance stormwater mitigation...

01.06.2025 Environment

Gov. Hochul vetoes horseshoe crab protection bill

Walk along the shoreline on any North Fork beach and occasionally there appears a rare and odd sight — a horseshoe crab — that scarce dinosaur-era crustacean that either...

12.19.2024 Environment

Oyster shell collection program benefits land and sea

Seafood connoisseurs consume oysters throughout most of the year across Long Island — often haphazardly discarding the empty shells slurp after slurp. But local advocates say those shells could...

12.18.2024 Environment

Southold opens scrap food-to-compost drop site

Southold became the second municipality on Long Island to launch a food-scraps-to-compost program. On Friday, Dec. 13, Southold town officials and several environmental partners held a ribbon cutting ceremony...

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