The period from September through November is already the driest time of the year on the East End — but this year, things have been even more parched, with only... more
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will direct $3.5 million in state environmental protection funds toward projects to improve the ecological health of Long Island’s South Shore bays, including $350,000 for research on bay scallops and $400,000 for surveys of eelgrass beds on bay bottoms that are critical to the health of several marine species. The state funding program will seed grants to local governments along the South Shore Estuary Reserve for implementing anti-pollution strategies and marine debris removal, for research on eelgrass and scallops, for new environmental monitoring technology and to reimburse individual homeowners up to $500 ...
23 Dec 2024 by Michael Wright
Stephen J. Kotz on Nov 6, 2024