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Water quality community forum to be held tonight in Mattituck
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | The North Fork Clean Water Action is sponsoring a community forum tonight in Mattituck. A newly formed coalition called the North Fork Clean Water Action is sponsoring a...
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Peconic Baykeeper: Nitrogen loading at ‘crisis proportions’
BETH YOUNG PHOTO | Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister during his presentation onTuesday. The state of nitrogen loading in Suffolk County’s bays has reached crisis proportions, says Peconic Baykeeper...
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DEC hearing on pesticide management plan set
FILE PHOTOS | Long Island Farm Bureau executive director Joe Gergela (left) said Wednesday that local environmentalists (at right) need to strike a balance with farmers over pesticide restrictions. The...
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Push is on to pass sweeping water quality law for Long Island
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Kimogener Point on the Bay off New Suffolk Avenue Monday evening. Environmentalists rallied in Albany last week to support a bill that would establish and implement a water...
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Featured Letter: Can’t wait forever to improve water quality
Kimogener Point on the Bay off New Suffolk Avenue earlier this year. (Barbaraellen Koch file photo) Last week, Joe Fischetti rightly identified nitrogen as a significant cause of declining regional...
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Guest Column: Nothing simple about our water crisis
Kimogener Point on the Bay off New Suffolk Avenue earlier this year. (Barbaraellen Koch file photo) Protecting our surface and ground water is Long Island’s public issue number one. The Long Island...
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Community water quality workshop planned for Saturday
A fish monitoring training session will be held at Grangebel Park at 12:30 p.m. (Credit: Carrie Miller) The Peconic Estuary Program will host a community water quality workshop Saturday, bringing local...
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McAllister no longer lead man at Peconic Baykeeper
Kevin McAllister is no longer with Peconic Baykeeper after more than 15 years. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) The nonprofit Peconic Baykeeper organization, charged with safeguarding East End...
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Featured Letter: Treating waste water is a major issue
A sandbar at the end of Pine Neck Road in Southold. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) To the editor: In his letter to the Suffolk Times last week, North Fork Environmental Council president Bill Toedter...
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Guest Column: A water treatment history to learn from
A sandbar at the end of Pine Neck Road in Southold. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) Alternative on-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) for nitrogen reduction are being investigated for use in Suffolk...
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Guest Column: Inaction is not an option on nitrogen
A sandbar at the end of Pine Neck Road in Southold. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) I must admit I was surprised at Bill Toedter’s response to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s commitment to address...
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Environmental coalition pushing Southold on water quality issues
Kimogener Point on Peconic Bay, off New Suffolk Avenue. (Credit: Barbarellen Koch, file) A local water quality action group is urging Southold Town officials to take steps aimed at keeping the North...
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Environmental coalition pitches water quality recommendations
A view of the Peconic Bay in Greenport. (Credit: Cyndi Murray) A local water quality action group and Southold Town are partnering to streamline local policies on water quality in hopes of putting more...
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Could new bill ‘muddy the waters’?
Kimogener Point on the Bay off New Suffolk Avenue. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) New construction and any big renovation projects on Long Island would need to incorporate modern waste treatment...
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Settling a dirty water dispute: Bellone, enviros reach agreement
That deal would requires approval from both county legislators and county taxpayers in November. (Credit: Carrie Miller, file) After environmentalists sued Suffolk County earlier this year for...
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DEC’s strategy for safeguarding L.I. water: more research
Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, calling for the banning of certain pesticides at the DEC’s Draft Long Island Pesticide Pollution Prevention Strategy...
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Clean water legislation going to vote in state Senate, Assembly
The water bill is designed to clean groundwater and prevent pollution and harmful algal blooms in the bays and Long Island Sound. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) After an up-Island assemblyman recently...
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Village Board schedules water quality hearings for July
Greenport flooded near Claudio’s before Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. (Credit: Julie Lane, file) The Greenport Village Board is gearing up to host three separate public hearings to discuss federal...
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Researchers: Farm fertilizer top nitrogen pollution cause for North Fork
CLICK TO ENLARGE The Nature Conservancy environmental group on Thursday released a report that details the sources of nitrogen pollution researchers say are reaching surface waters throughout the...
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Clean water legislation fails to make it to Senate floor
A view of the bay and SHelter Island from Pepi’s Restaurant in Southold, near Port of Egypt. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) Despite the op/ed pieces, press conferences, television appearances and lobbying...
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