Blue Claws!
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
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A Tree With Many Names
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
Centuries of Changing Land Use at Georgica Pond
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
Alfred Ross at the Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery
If you missed the Alfred Ross photography exhibition at the Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery in East Hampton, you have a chance to see some of the photos and meet Terry Wallace the curator and manager of the gallery in this … Read more
Dredging at Georgica Pond
The East Hampton Town Trustees have started dredging Georgica Pond. Sand is piled up and transported off the beach to refurbish eroding dunes nearby. Heavy equipment is in use and the public is urged to stay away from the work … Read more