Efforts to save the environment took precedence this Spring, as both New York State and Suffolk County legislators passed bills to further ban single-use plastic and implement waste reduction measures, with some going into effect by Jan 2020. The Town of Brookhaven will be the first location for a compost facility east of the Mississippi… Continue reading More Environmental Plans Set for New York
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Seal Population Consistent and Rising Since L.I Marine Ecologist First Started Studies in 2004
It was a sunny Saturday morning, March 16, as pairs of people emerged from cars parked on the far East side of Dune Road in Westhampton Beach. Here at Cupsogue Beach County Park, Dr. Arthur Kopelman, founder and ecologist of Coastal Research Education Society of Long Island, takes weekly expeditions toward the bayside inlet, where… Continue reading Seal Population Consistent and Rising Since L.I Marine Ecologist First Started Studies in 2004
The Wonders Of New York’s Metro Reptile Expo
Photos and article by Katherine Hoey. Originally in The Stony Brook Press It was a wet Sunday afternoon, and the parking lot outside the Westchester County Center was nearly full. Fog cut off the tips of the buildings. Groups of people of all ages and backgrounds were returning to their cars, carrying glass tanks of… Continue reading The Wonders Of New York’s Metro Reptile Expo
