10.23.2017 News Mute swan public hearing set on DEC management plan The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will host a public hearing Oct. 26 to give residents a chance to discuss a revised mute swan management plan.
10.01.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: The state’s war on mute swans “I’d like to see them abandon this task that they are compelled to do,” said State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) last week about a revised plan by...
12.12.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Cuomo vetoes swan’s protection Despite its overwhelming passage in the State Legislature, Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a measure that would have blocked the outrageous plan of the New York Department of Environmental...
07.26.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Speaking up for mute swans Lunch at The Dory on the Island has been brightened for my wife and me by the sight of swans gliding on Chase Creek. If the the New York...
05.19.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Stop the swan slaughter The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation just can’t let go of its outrageous plan to go after the 2,200 mute swans in the state. Most of these...
