The big orange boat (aka aquatic weed harvester) is coming to Georgica Pond this spring.
Macroalgae is a general term for algae that grow in fresh and salt water. At Georgica Pond the dominant species is … Read more
Georgica Pond will only be brought back to health through new approaches to waste management, landscaping practices, and road runoff.
That was the consensus of a meeting Friday at Town Hall that included officials of East Hampton Town and Village, … Read more
A group of property owners around East Hampton’s Georgica Pond has raised $359,000 for a research project intended to identify the causes of the pond’s recent degradation and toxic algal blooms and develop a remediation plan. The project has the … Read more
The dead turtles, about 100 of them, started washing ashore near here in late April.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — The dead turtles, about 100 of them, started washing ashore near here in late April. Then came the dead fish, in numbers … Read more
What began as a mild green discoloration in early August and intensified to the largest blue-green algae bloom ever recorded in Georgica Pond by early September has finally come to an end. In between, the bloom was accompanied by no … Read more