09.16.2026 News Southold Town residents clash over proposed Mattituck oyster operation A proposed aquaculture operation in Mattituck packed people — with over 20 speaking up — into Southold Town Hall like a bed of oysters on Monday, with community members battling...
09.04.2026 News Preserved Mattituck farmland sparks fight over proposed oyster-processing operation A Mattituck property saved from becoming a housing subdivision has become the latest flashpoint over what farming on preserved North Fork land can look like. Neighbors who helped protect...
08.24.2026 Agriculture Catapano Dairy Farm acquires nearly 7 acres of farmland from Peconic Land Trust More room for grazing! Catapano Dairy Farm has purchased 6.88 acres of farmland from Peconic Land Trust for $245,000. Owners Erin and Connor Burke had already been leasing it...
05.08.2026 News Aquebogue’s Broad Cove Preserve joins New York State Birding Trail North Fork birders won’t have to travel far to visit a New York State Birding Trail, as Broad Cove Preserve in Aquebogue was recently added to the state trail roster. ...
02.26.2026 News Apollo CEO Marc Rowan buys 100+ acres of East Marion shoreline for record $23.5M: report A Wall Street titan scooped up more than 100 acres of vacant shoreline in East Marion for $23.5 million, setting a record for the most expensive land sale in...
04.30.2025 News Charnews Farm to open stand in early May The Peconic Land Trust plans to open a new farm stand at Charnews Farm on Youngs Avenue in Southold this spring. Not just any farm stand, it’s the first...
02.18.2025 News Peconic Land Trust and DEC agree to conservation easement for Reese Preserve The Peconic Land Trust and the New York State Department of Conservation recently agreed to a conservation easement for the 29.8-acre Harold A. Reese preserve in Southold; the development...
11.21.2024 Agriculture Farms for the Future helps Army veteran give back From the war-torn deserts of Afghanistan to a tranquil field at Charnews Farm in Southold, Tim Curry is the first U.S. Army veteran to participate in the Peconic Land...
02.27.2024 News New farmers living and working on preserved Southold land For Leslie Howard, whose family has a very long history as farmers on the North Fork, moving with his wife, Priscilla, to an 18th-century Southold farm is an example...
02.13.2024 Environment East End environmental roundtable meets again For at least the 20th time — no one present seemed to know just when it all began — state legislators convened for an environmental roundtable in Riverhead last...