12.22.2014 Environment NY-Alert system to disclose sewage pollution information The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Thursday announced it has developed a new system to alert the public of sewage pollution discharging from treatment plants into nearby...
11.07.2014 Environment It may not be boom times, but still plenty of scallops Early Monday morning, under cover of darkness and beneath a star-lit sky, Ed Densieski and Gary Joyce boarded their custom-outfitted boat, dressed head to toe in vibrant all-weather gear....
09.18.2014 News Farmers with pending nuisance permits get OK Several farmers who were previously unable to receive deer damage permits to hunt on their property offseason now have the green light to do so. Arising as an unintended...
08.22.2014 Government Lawsuit brings unintended consequence to deer cull Last year, a total of 30 deer that had wandered onto Half Hollow Nurseries in Laurel were shot and killed. The shootings were all legal, allowed by off-season nuisance...
06.13.2014 Environment To protect plovers, Audubon Society turns to kids North Fork children have teamed up to help protect the piping plover, a seaside bird so tiny it often goes unnoticed by beachgoers. Every April through August, these federally...
06.10.2014 Environment DEC’s strategy for safeguarding L.I. water: more research After 16 years of research and debate, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has released its strategy for safeguarding Long Island’s water supplies from pesticide contamination. But that final...
06.09.2014 Environment DEC: Spearfishing captain pleads guilty; will pay $15,000 fine A commercial fishing boat captain caught illegally spearfishing east of Little Gull Island last summer pleaded down to a misdemeanor charge recently, while agreeing to pay $15,000 in fines...
04.25.2014 Government Sides meet in Albany to discuss the mute swan’s fate Stakeholders on both sides of a life-or-death debate met in Albany last Thursday to discuss the future of the mute swan, an invasive species on the cusp of widespread...
04.02.2014 Government Deer cull lawsuit still on hold after delay last week Opponents — and supporters — of a deer cull being carried out by the United States Department of Agriculture are still waiting, and will continue to wait, for court...
03.07.2014 Environment Judge: DEC can’t issue any more permits for deer cull As the old saying goes: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And so it went for opponents of a federal operation to cull deer across the...