Sometimes you have to leave home and visit someplace else to get a better perspective of your own world. That is just what a few members of Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation (FOGP) did in October when we headed to … Read more
Nature is a brilliant engineer and wetlands are one of the best examples. They absorb water, protecting us from floods and storms, and are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world; fixing carbon and producing biomass. Unfortunately, many … Read more
Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming just back from an autumnal kayak trip around Georgica Pond with Larry Cantwell and Sara Davison. The legislator is an important supporter of water quality improvements including Georgica Pond.… Read more
Dr. Brad Peterson of the Peterson Lab at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS) and his Ph.D. student, Stephen Heck, spent a week on the pond in September after the pond had closed. They sampled fish, … Read more
The American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a fascinating fish with a remarkable life cycle. It occupies a very broad range of habitat along the east coast from Central America to Greenland and once made up … Read more