Department of Environmental Conservation Archives

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...

02.09.2020 Environment

Parasite linked to scallops die-off in Peconic Bay, DEC says

Researchers have discovered what they believe is a contributing cause of the “near-unprecedented” Peconic Bay scallop die-off of 2019: a parasite found in a sample of adult bay scallops....

05.13.2019 Government

Town may add new vacuum truck to fleet

The Southold Town Board needs more information before deciding whether to apply for a grant to purchase a new vacuum truck for the highway department.

12.19.2018 Business

Fresh and Co. began building greenhouse without site plan approval

The Southold Town Planning Board upheld a stop work order issued against a Manhattan-based restaurant chain’s construction of a greenhouse in Orient. The greenhouse is on the same property...

05.25.2018 Government

Oysterponds Shellfish Co. at odds with DEC

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced earlier this month that Oysterponds Creek will be closed to shellfish harvesting seasonally, from May through October, until it meets testing standards...

04.03.2018 Environment

State files petition with federal bodies that set commercial fluke fishing quotas

Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in October that if changes weren’t made to fluke quotas to be fair to New York’s economy and commercial fishing...