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
What is clear is that environmental organizations and truly independent experts must be brought in before big money is committed
Water quality has been in the news this summer, thanks in part to Suffolk Executive Steve Bellone’s seizing on it … Read more