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11.27.2021 Environment

Deep Hole Creek preservation is near thanks to major community fundraising effort

After an outpouring of community support, Peconic Land Trust has made plans to close on the purchase of 15 acres of waterfront property in Mattituck in coming weeks. The...

11.02.2021 Environment

New study finds osprey population is ‘thriving’ on the East End

The sight of ospreys soaring overhead, returning to their nests and plunging into local waters to pluck out a fish are such a sure sign of spring on the...

10.26.2021 Environment

Civic groups spearheading new effort to manage deer and tick populations

A coalition of civic associations and community leaders have organized a list of “action steps” to tackle the overpopulation of deer and ticks in Southold Town. The coalition, which...

10.13.2021 Environment

Fatal disease found in Southold’s deer population

A disease that is almost always fatal in New York deer has been detected on the North Fork for the first time, Southold Town officials confirmed Wednesday. The DEC...

10.13.2021 Environment

Stony Brook scientist: Algae blooms, dead zones are ‘new normal’ in East End waters

Conditions causing low oxygen and harmful algae blooms in Long Island waters — including on the East End — have become a “new normal,” according to this year’s water...

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09.28.2021 Environment

For the first time, East End towns matching federal funds for Peconic Estuary program

Southold Town plans to contribute $24,500 from its general funds to the Peconic Estuary Partnership, a national program dedicated to improving water quality in the Peconic watershed. Towns across...

09.27.2021 Environment

Supervisor pledges $1M commitment to stormwater mitigation efforts

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said at a work session last Tuesday that he plans to include a commitment of nearly a million dollars to stormwater mitigation and drainage...

09.08.2021 Environment

Krupski: Don’t slash farmland preservation funds

Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue) is advocating for the county to avoid slashing a proposed $100 million farmland preservation initiative that was unveiled just over a month ago...

08.09.2021 Environment

Study of Plum Island waters finds lots of life, no human impact

Outlined against a powder blue sky, two terns swirled in a light breeze over the waters surrounding the north side of Plum Island. The two birds were obvious. Less...

08.04.2021 Community

Cutchogue beekeeper saves 30,000 honeybees in church steeple

Pastor Andrew Montoro knew in June that he had a bee problem high up in the steeple of the nearly 120-year-old Community Baptist Church building on Sound Avenue in...

07.23.2021 Environment

Experts: Long Island could see ‘very strong increase’ of flooding in two decades

A new study has predicted more frequent high tide flooding on U.S. coastlines in the mid-2030s, exacerbated by climate change-induced sea-level rise and tidal patterns influenced by the moon’s...

07.14.2021 Environment

Black swans, native to Australia, spotted in Southold

Last week, outside his house on Corey Creek, Tony Bellissimo saw something he had never seen before. There in the water, right in front of him, were two black...

06.27.2021 Education

Cutchogue East wins $5,000 in water quality challenge

Cutchogue East Elementary School has won a $5,000 grant through the 2020 Long Island Water Quality Challenge with an idea cooked up last year by sixth-graders in the school’s...

06.24.2021 Environment

Beware of ticks this summer as experts say population on the rise

After a mild winter, experts are warning of an especially bad tick season in 2021. The phones at East End Tick & Mosquito Control have been ringing “off the...

06.15.2021 Environment

Landcraft Garden Foundation opens in Mattituck, promising bountiful color every season

Tucked down a quiet gravel road in Mattituck lies a gardener’s paradise — an oasis now open for the public to enjoy. For nearly 30 years, Dennis Schrader and...

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