Thursday June 20, 2024, 7:00 pm
Please join Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation, along with the Center for Clean Water Technology at Stony Brook University… Read more
Georgica Pond has a lot of snapping turtles. Their scientific name is Chelydra serpentina and they are a most remarkable creature. Truly ancient, they evolved during the late Cretaceous period along with the dinosaurs (66 million years ago) and are … Read more
Georgica Pond is famous for its blue claw crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Generations of East Hampton residents have fished for them using traps or baited lines. What a thrill it is to feel a crab bite your line and … Read more
Planting trees has become an important strategy to help counter global warming and if you were to pick one tree to plant near Georgica Pond it should be Nyssa sylvatica. Nyssa is Greek for water nymph, a perfect name … Read more
East Hampton has a fascinating history and we are so lucky to have many historical records preserved at places like the Long Island Collection at the East Hampton Library and the East Hampton Historical Society. Although we know less about … Read more