Skip to content

  • Home
  • Take Action
    • Low Nitrogen Septic System Upgrades
    • Install a Low Nitrogen (I/A) Innovative/Alternative septic system
  • Challenges
  • Real-Time Data
  • Flora & Fauna
    • eBird Field Checklist
  • About Us
    • Reports
    • History
    • Policy Statement
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
    • Events
  • Donate

Author: mhnsn1

New Park for Wainscott!

Posted on August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 by mhnsn1

Demolition has begun of the former Swamp Club in Wainscott, soon to become the Wainscott Green. Friends of Georgica Pond worked with East Hampton Town and the community to stop an unwanted car wash and purchase the land for open space.

Posted in eNewsletter

Nitrogen and You — Part Two

Posted on July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 by mhnsn1

After reading our previous newsletter, you may have some familiarity with the nitrogen cycle. We can now dig deeper into how nitrogen is removed from septic waste in the newly approved low nitrogen septic systems. Our partners at Suffolk County and the

Read More

Posted in eNewsletter Tagged bacteria, Nitrogen, septic

Nitrogen and You — Part One

Posted on June 11, 2018July 23, 2018 by mhnsn1

Nitrogen, what is it? Nitrogen is an element that is essential for life. It can exist in many forms from gases to inorganic compounds like nitrate, urine, ammonia and many organic compounds. The nitrogen cycle which traces nitrogen through its many pathways

Read More

Posted in eNewsletter Tagged low nitrogen

Georgica Seeing Some Benefit From Cleanup Effort; Three Mile Harbor Could, Too

Posted on April 24, 2018April 30, 2018 by mhnsn1

A floating tractor that has been used the last two summers to skim thick clumps of aquatic weeds out of Georgica Pond may be helping the pond to avoid the dense blooms of toxic algae that appeared in previous years, a marine

Read More

Posted in Press Tagged algae blooms, christopher gobler, gobler

Attack on Algae Cited in Pond’s Improvement

Posted on December 13, 2017April 16, 2018 by mhnsn1

Efforts to restore Georgica Pond are proving successful, the East Hampton Town Trustees, who manage many of the town’s waterways on behalf of the public, were told at their meeting Monday. Sara Davison, executive director of the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation,

Read More

Posted in Press Tagged davison, trustees

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Subscribe

* indicates required

Search

Recent Posts

  • Protecting Georgica Pond: Progress Worth Preserving. A Future Worth Investing In.
  • Here’s some good news
  • State of the Pond Recap – August 16, 2026
  • Community Update: PFAS Investigation and Drinking Water Information
  • A Small Bird, A Living System
All rights reserved © Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation