ENVIRONMENT & NATURE
Pinelawn Memorial Park honored with prestigious certification by Audubon International
Suffolk County Executive Edward Romaine joined Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum in Farmingdale on June 9 to honor its recent recognition as a “Certified...
Editorial: Chances to enjoy other treasures amid road rebuild
After the record-breaking flood of last August, an heirloom of our community fell to ruins and has yet to reconnect with the scenic roads...
Your Turn: Setauket Harbor Task Force — Eight years of water testing
Eight years of water testing
By George Hoffman
Almost a decade ago, Laurie Vetere and George Hoffman had a conversation about water quality concerns in Setauket...
SBU’s Ellen Pikitch, serving as delegate for Monaco, ‘optimistic’ about high seas
By Daniel Dunaief
To borrow from the show Hamilton, Ellen Pikitch was in the room where it happens.
The Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science at...
Rail yard at Lawrence Aviation Industries at a halt, officials urge action
By Sabrina Artusa
While the Lawrence Aviation Industries site in Port Jefferson Station is clean and cleared from the superfund registry, the atmosphere around the...
Residents hold rally to call attention to repairing Harbor Road and Mill Pond in Stony Brook
By Sabrina Artusa
Nine months after 9 inches of rain blew out the Stony Brook Mill Pond dam, rupturing Harbor Road and draining the Mill...
Save the Sound releases water quality report card for 2022-2024
By Sabrina Artusa
On May 20, Save the Sound, an environmental organization that analyzes the water quality of the Long Island Sound, compiled data revealing...
Nature Matters: Something to crow about — Long Island Corvids
By John L. Turner
Walking out of the returnable bottle vestibule at the local supermarket, I looked up to see a swirl of black forms,...
Living Lightly: Helping migratory birds
A Column Promoting a More Earth-Friendly Lifestyle
By John L. Turner
Over the past several weeks and continuing now in a diminished fashion, hundreds of millions...
Making Democracy Work: Charging plastics producers for their impact on our communities
By Nancy Marr
Since the mid-20th century, when mass production of plastics began, they have infiltrated our lives. Their production and incineration release significant greenhouse...
