DEC Will Revise Mute Swan Proposal
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced it is considering changes to a draft mute swan management plan following public outcry over plans to kill or capture all mute...
View ArticleSpeaking for Mute Swans
Both houses of the New York State Legislature passed a bill last week that would require the New York State Department of Conservation to try non-lethal management techniques in any management plan...
View ArticleOpponents Urge DEC To Require Environmental Study for Sand Land
More than 70 environmentalists, politicians and neighbors of a sand mine, composting and concrete recycling business in Noyac filled the Bridgehampton Community House on Wednesday, November 19, to ask...
View ArticleFrank Quevedo
Frank Quevedo is the executive director at the South Fork Museum of Natural History. He spoke to us about the conservation needs of the state and on the East End. The post Frank Quevedo appeared first...
View ArticleNew Year Brings New Hunting Seasons
Several amendments to New York State hunting regulations have gone into effect this year in an effort to encourage recreational hunters to increase the deer harvest as one means of managing the...
View ArticleDEC Denies Sand Land Application To Expand
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, citing several major objections, last week rejected the expansion of the Sand Land mine and mulching facility in Noyac. The post DEC Denies...
View ArticleWildlife Activists Discuss Alternatives to Sterilization
The people of East Hampton are divided and conflicted about what to do with white-tailed deer. While many say that reducing the herd could lead to a decrease in the instances of Lyme disease and would...
View ArticleState Will Study Fish, Birds And Fishermen To Help Wind Farm Planning
New York State’s renewable energy agency will direct some $2 million over the next three years to a suite of environmental studies intended to forecast the effects of offshore wind farm construction in...
View ArticleUntimely Death Of Young White Sharks Benefit Science
A juvenile white shark that was found dead on the beach in Southampton Village, and several others like it that have washed up on South Fork beaches in recent years are providing marine biologists from...
View ArticleEast Hampton Town Will Sue State Over Sand Mine Approval
East Hampton Town Will Sue State Over Sand Mine Approval The post East Hampton Town Will Sue State Over Sand Mine Approval appeared first on The Sag Harbor Express.
View ArticleDEC To Investigate Suspected Deadly Deer Disease In Southampton
Currently, the State Department of Environmental Conservation has received reports of seven dead deer with suspected EHD in Southampton between North Sea and Bridgehampton. The DEC has taken samples...
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