East Hampton Trustees Urge Orsted To Get Wind Farm Fisheries Studies Underway Immediately
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The East Hampton Town Trustees want a study of fish stocks in the region to start immediately to get two years of baseline sampling before construction begins on the South Fork Wind Farm in 2023 so that the impacts of the wind farm on fish migrations can be tracked.
The East Hampton Town Trustees want a study of fish stocks in the region to start immediately to get two years of baseline sampling before construction begins on the South Fork Wind Farm in 2023 so that the impacts of the wind farm on fish migrations can be tracked.
Michael Wright on Apr 14, 2021
Members of the East Hampton Town Trustees this week said that South Fork Wind Farm developer Ørsted needs to get fish population surveys started immediately, even though the actual proposal... more
A rare divergence in the thinking of the members of the East Hampton Town Trustees has been laid bare by an even more rare circumstance: an application by a homeowner to build a dock in front of their house on Three Mile Harbor. The Town Trustees as a government body have approved the construction of only a handful of docks in front of private properties on town harbors in all of their more than 330-year history. They have approved none since 1987 — shortly after the board adopted a policy banning the construction of new docks in most of Three ... 3 May 2021 by Michael Wright
The Suffolk County Water Authority will put the reams of data about what is in the water tables that flow beneath Long Island into the hands of Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini’s office to help track down polluters, the two agencies announced last week. In what he said is possibly a first-of-its-kind partnership, water authority CEO Jeffrey Szabo said this week that the quasi-public authority is uniquely situated to conduct the sort of scouring of water for clues about illegal dumping and other pollutive behavior that could tip the D.A.’s office to illicit activity that is harming Long Island’s ... by Michael Wright
Scientists and government agencies throughout the Northeast are investigating a widespread die-off of an ecologically ... 23 Apr 2021 by Michael Wright
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Michael Wright on Apr 14, 2021