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Senior Conservation advocate at Seatuck Environmental Association John Turner.

Coming up on The Pressroom Afterhour, John Turner, a senior conservation advocate at Seatuck Environmental Association, joins us to talk about Blydenburgh County Park and the two possibilities it faces. Turner describes a future Blydenburgh where the dam is not rebuilt and a river takes its place. 

Next, we turn to federal grant cuts that are threatening the future of vital research projects. We’ll break down how funding changes could affect faculty, postdocs, and students.

Finally, we stop by the Middle Country Public Library, where a recent blood drive drew dozens of local donors. We’ll hear from community members, staff and volunteers about what motivates them to give—and why even small donations can have a life-saving impact.

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The entrance to Blydenburgh County Park is in Smithtown. File photo

A man trying to rescue his dog from a freezing lake on Saturday morning needed a rescue himself, after falling into chest-deep water, according to police.

The 56-year-old Brooklyn resident was going after Dena the dog, who had gotten loose during a walk and ran onto a frozen lake at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown, the Suffolk County Police Department said. While going after the canine, he fell into the lake himself.

Park rangers as well as officers from the SCPD’s 4th Precinct, Emergency Service Section, Aviation Section and Marine Bureau responded to the park, on Veterans Memorial Highway. Police said Michael Coscia from the Emergency Service Section put on a water rescue suit and crawled onto the ice, while tethered to a rope officers Michael Simpson and Robert Stahl were holding.

After the man was in the water for about 25 minutes, Stahl, Simpson and Sgt. Michael Homan pulled both him and Coscia from the water, police said. The dog walked off the ice.

Police said the Brooklyn man was treated for hypothermia at Stony Brook University Hospital.