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Environment
09/25/18 5:48am

Eastern portion of Sound receives A+ in latest report card

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09/25/2018 5:48 AM
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Funding for the protection and preservation of Long Island Sound could reach historic levels if Congress appropriates the full funding outlined in a bill that recently passed through the House of Representatives.

The Water Resources bill authorizes up to $65 million per year over the next five years for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Long Island Sound Program. That money would be used toward restoration and stewardship, according to Curt Johnson, the president of Save the Sound, a Connecticut based environmental organization. READ

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Environment
09/14/18 6:00am

Federal funds to restore habitat at Cedar Beach Creek

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09/14/2018 6:00 AM
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Federal funds have been allocated for a restoration project at Cedar Beach, Congressman Lee Zeldin announced last Friday.

According to a Habitat Restoration Plan prepared by the Peconic Estuary Program last year, the project will restore ecosystem features in a “degraded” marsh area that has faced erosion challenges. READ

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Environment
08/28/18 6:00am

North Fork osprey population has grown nearly 50 percent

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08/28/2018 6:00 AM
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Keep looking up at towers and telephone poles and you will see more osprey than in years past as the population of young osprey on the North Fork has grown by about 50 percent over the last five years.

According to the Group for the East End, there were 198 active nests across the East End in 2014 and 301 active nests in 2018, resulting in a 47 percent increase of young produced over the five-year span. Additionally, The North Fork also has the densest population of breeding osprey, specifically in Southold Town.

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Environment
08/07/18 6:00am

Cedar Beach in Southold to become ‘living shoreline’

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08/07/2018 6:00 AM
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Along coastlines around the globe, including here on the North Fork, climate change poses the threat of sea level rise. For decades, “shoreline hardening,” by adding manmade seawalls and bulkheads has been looked to as preventative measures for erosion and flooding during storms. 

Now, experts say there’s a better way that could even reverse effects on the coastline and improve water quality. READ

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Environment
08/01/18 6:00am

Peconic Estuary Program welcomes new director, Joyce Novak

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08/01/2018 6:00 AM
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Gazing out at the Peconic River, Joyce Novak can’t help but ponder its past. 

Ms. Novak, newly appointed director of the Peconic Estuary Program, is especially interested in studying how the estuary has evolved. She already plans to go paleo — by examining fossils — to find some answers.  READ

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Environment
07/18/18 12:00pm

Current Southold Town water use not sustainable, study shows

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07/18/2018 12:00 PM
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With summer in full swing, water usage is peaking — and threatening the supply from the aquifer. As a result, Southold Town is looking to “lead by example” when it comes to water conservation efforts.

During a Town Board work session Tuesday morning, members of the water conservation committee presented a study revealing one harrowing reality: Current water use in Southold Town is not sustainable.  READ

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