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...
09.02.2015 Environment Court: County has to repay $29M in water quality funds New York State’s highest court declined to hear an appeal by Suffolk County late last month that would have allowed further review of a case that will now require...
03.17.2014 Environment Green groups seeking signatures for November referendum Saying a lawsuit against the Suffolk County isn’t quite enough, environmentalists have taken to parking lots from Southold to Huntington to get a referendum on this fall’s ballot to...
03.10.2014 Environment County sued over use of Drinking Water funds in budget After protesting the budget Suffolk County leaders approved last fall, environmental groups have now sued the county over its use of nearly $33 million in funds that were raised through...
08.02.2013 News The day the paving stopped in the L.I. Pine Barrens On the Fourth of July in 1993, the “War of the Woods” was coming to a head, and Long Island Pine Barrens Society co-founder John Turner was on the...
07.11.2013 Editorials Editorial: Farmland bill debate at least raises questions Long Island Pine Barrens Society executive director Richard Amper and 1st District county Legislator Al Krupski have been engaged in a public battle in recent weeks over Mr. Krupski’s...
11.02.2010 News Pine Barrens Society files suit The Long Island Pine Barrens Society has filed a lawsuit against Suffolk County over the county Legislature’s recent move to allow more development on preserved farmland. In the past,...
10.27.2010 News Pine Barrens Society files suit The Long Island Pine Barrens Society has filed a lawsuit against Suffolk County over the county Legislature’s recent move to allow more development on preserved farmland. In the past,...
