Peconic Estuary Partnership Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

06.01.2021 Government

Town Board meeting on shoreline changes is ‘contentious’: Marijuana limits, beach smoking draw no comments

Despite an effort to delay approval of the shoreline access recommendations initially affecting eight of the most troubled sites around the Island, the Town Board voted 4-1 to change...

05.10.2021 News

Town committee calls for pesticide ban: Asks others to appeal to Town Board

The Water Quality Improvement Advisory Board (WQI) plans to reach out to other Island committees to join in an appeal to the Town Board to ban pesticides. Members of...

05.03.2021 News

Rebate program returns for homeowners interested in installing rain gardens

Homeowners within the Peconic watershed can play a key role in preventing polluted stormwater from flowing into rivers, bays or directly into the Long Island Sound. The Peconic Estuary...

04.24.2021 Editorial

A truly golden anniversary

Thursday, April 22, was the 51st anniversary of Earth Day. Looking back is always a way of seeing how far we’ve come, and how much further we have to...

11.09.2020 News

A roadmap to protect 250 square miles of the Peconic watershed

To help protect the 250 square miles that comprise the Peconic watershed, the Peconic Estuary Partnership recently unveiled its 2020 Comprehensive Conservation and Management plan, which will serve as...

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Town Board meeting on shoreline changes is ‘contentious’: Marijuana limits, beach smoking draw no comments

Town committee calls for pesticide ban: Asks others to appeal to Town Board

Rebate program returns for homeowners interested in installing rain gardens

A truly golden anniversary

A roadmap to protect 250 square miles of the Peconic watershed