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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

Get Ready for the new Septic Systems

Posted on September 25, 2017March 28, 2018 by mhnsn1

Many of you were able to attend the informative meeting on low-nitrogen septic systems on August 27th at the Creeks.  For those of you who couldn’t attend, we are providing this e-newsletter. Our special thanks go to Dr. Anna Chapman and Ronald

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Posted in eNewsletter Tagged chapman, gobler, perelman, septic

Piping Plover Update

Posted on August 19, 2017March 28, 2018 by mhnsn1

Many may not be aware that the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is the rarest creature living and breeding at Georgica Pond. We’ve all heard about this small shorebird and get annoyed with it for closing the beach, but how many of us

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Posted in eNewsletter Tagged Endangered, least tern, piping plover

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