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Author: mhnsn1

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

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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,

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Posted in Press Tagged davison, trustees

Aquatic Weed Harvester: Second Year Results

Posted on November 29, 2017March 28, 2018 by mhnsn1

Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation (FOGP) completed its second year of harvesting macroalgae and aquatic plants from Georgica Pond on Oct. 1. The harvester arrived at the Pond on May 30 and was operated by two students working at the Gobler Lab

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Posted in eNewsletter Tagged macroalgae, weed harvester

Georgica Pond Opened to Ocean

Posted on November 1, 2017April 17, 2018 by mhnsn1

The East Hampton Town Trustees, who manage many of the town’s beaches, waterways, and bottomlands on behalf of the public, oversaw the opening of Georgica Pond to the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning. Though the pond is typically let on a biannual

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Posted in Press Tagged trustees

Water News—Good and Bad

Posted on November 1, 2017March 28, 2018 by mhnsn1

Friends of Georgica Pond (FOGP) is pleased to report that the East Hampton Town Board voted unanimously to approve the acquisition of a 1.2-acre tract of land in the Wainscott Business District. With the help of private funds raised by FOGP, the

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Posted in eNewsletter Tagged Georgica Pond watershed, perfluorinated, PFC, Wainscott

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