Nature is a brilliant engineer and wetlands are one of the best examples. They absorb water, protecting us from floods and storms, and are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world; fixing carbon and producing biomass. Unfortunately, many wetland systems
Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming just back from an autumnal kayak trip around Georgica Pond with Larry Cantwell and Sara Davison. The legislator is an important supporter of water quality improvements including Georgica Pond.
Dr. Brad Peterson of the Peterson Lab at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS) and his Ph.D. student, Stephen Heck, spent a week on the pond in September after the pond had closed. They sampled fish, invertebrates and
What is it? The American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a fascinating fish with a remarkable life cycle. It occupies a very broad range of habitat along the east coast from Central America to Greenland and once made up a quarter of the
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