Jennifer Halsey, whose family runs The Milk Pail apple farm lost a row of apple trees that died because the soil they were planted in decades ago is now perpetually saturated from the high water level in Mecox Bay.
Soft clams and oysters that used to drive a million-dollar fishery in Mecox Bay have died or become worthless because of low salinitiy levels in the bay. Greg Wehner
Jennifer Halsey, whose family runs The Milk Pail apple farm lost a row of apple trees that died because the soil they were planted in decades ago is now perpetually saturated from the high water level in Mecox Bay.
Soft clams and oysters that used to drive a million-dollar fishery in Mecox Bay have died or become worthless because of low salinitiy levels in the bay. Greg Wehner
Michael Wright on Jun 23, 2021
Years of bureaucratic tangles involving Southampton Town officials and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has led to a breakdown in management of Mecox Bay’s waters that is... more
On the East End, blue skies and crystal-clear sunsets are the summertime norm. But last week — on July 20 and July 21 — harbingers of the escalating climate crisis lead to the worst air quality the region has seen in 15 years. Smoke from the West Coast wildfires — burning in Oregon, California, Idaho and Washington — traveled across the United States, mixing down to the surface and causing hazy days filled with muddled sunsets and filtered sunshine. Additionally, on Monday, wildfire smoke contributed to hazy skies across New York State, a State Department of Environmental Conservation representative wrote ... 27 Jul 2021 by Alec Giufurta
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Michael Wright on Jun 23, 2021