AMBROSE CLANCY PHOTO Highway Department employee Nick Ryan loading corn into a 4-poster unit.
A strong statement from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) calls for rethinking the strategy of deploying 4-poster units to combat ticks, which, the agency says, hasn’t demonstrated “a great deal of success.” (more…)
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Tom Field shared ideas he and other baymen would like the Town Board to adopt to protect the Island’s surrounding waterways.
Bayman Tom Field has been meeting with his colleagues on a regular basis to discuss issues of importance and to bring them to the Town Board. (more…)
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From left, U.S. Geological Survey partner Irene Fisher, Audrey Wood, Camryn Page, Devon Bolton and Ethan Renault.
Shelter Island School students in Marine Biology and AP Environmental classes took to the beach this October 26 to participate in “A Day in the Life of the Peconic Estuary.”
“Students collected data on salinity, temperature, wind speed, tides and currents in three shore locations,” said teacher Janine Mahoney.
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Animal Control Officer Beau Payne on the hunt.
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has scheduled a Hunter Education Course at the Shelter Island American Legion Post on Saturday and Sunday, September 8 and 9.
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The Suffolk County Department of Health Services has declared parts of Fresh Pond unsuitable for swimming.
Samples taken recently from the pond and sent to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for analysis have revealed the presence of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae blooms. (more…)