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05.06.2025 Environment

Local honeybees make more than honey on North Fork farms

A drive east from Riverhead to Orient this time of year passes row after row of farms bathed a sea of bright blooms. Flitting from flower to flower, too...

05.05.2025 Environment

River otters once again making Long Island home

With the birth of river otter pups at the Long Island Aquarium and possible sightings of otters at Marion Pond in East Marion, interest in river otters on the...

black and white photo of an otter captured by a trail camera

05.01.2025 Outdoors

Celebrate ‘I Love My Park Day’ on the North Fork

Saturday, May 3, is I Love My Park Day, New York State’s largest single-day volunteer event, and you can spend it giving back to your choice of the North...

04.24.2025 Community

Park district to host Sabat Meadow Planting Day

Update: Due to the weather forecast including a persistent, soaking rain, the Mattituck Park District is switching the Sabat Meadow Planting Day to Sunday, April 27, at noon. The...

04.22.2025 Environment

It’s Earth Day! Celebrate today and this weekend

It’s Earth Day! Celebrate today and this weekend on the North Fork with these events from local environmental groups. Global Warming and Climate Change with Jack Gibbons On Tuesday,...

A watercolor painting of two hands holding the earth, as a plant with two leaves grows from the top of the globe. An orange heart effuses from between the two leaves. A painted rainbow graces the background behind the Earth, hands, sprout and heart.

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04.22.2025 News

Brush fire fighting equipment, tactics evolve with LI

After last month’s brush fires, state, county and local organizations began taking stock of the “new normal” in local forests and wooded areas. One point of consensus is the recognition...

A red brush fire truck outfitted with a cage around it so it can drive through forrests.

04.18.2025 Environment

Two Southold creeks close shellfish harvesting due to biotoxin

Shellfish harvesting is temporarily closed in Town and Jockey Creeks in the town of Southold effective April 16. This is due to the detection of saxitoxin, a marine biotoxin that...

A graphic showing Jockey and Town Creeks in relation to their marine biotoxin measures in early April. The creeks are highlighted in orange, the town's land in yellow, and Southold Bay in blue.

04.17.2025 Environment

Southold approves BESS moratorium extension

Southold Town Board unanimously approved a 12-month extension of the temporary moratorium on Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facilities April 16 for a third year. The Town Board’s decision...

04.15.2025 News

Zeldin lays out Long Island’s role in EPA’s new priorities

Lee Zeldin, former U.S Congressman and current head of the Environmental Protection Agency, spoke at a Long Island Association special event at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on...

Lee Zeldin — wearing a blue suit, a white button-down, and a red and blue-striped tie — sits on the edge of a wooden desk. His hands are folded to appear calm and relaxed. Behind the desk is a brown chair and a fireplace, with a folded American flag on the mantle.

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 News

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 News

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 News

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....

02.25.2025 News

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...

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