Microbeads, the tiny plastic beads used as abrasives in a wide variety of personal-care products are showing up in surface waters from the Great Lakes to Long Island Sound. They are washed down drains and pass through wastewater- treatment plants into our waterways. The beads soak up pollutants and are mistaken as food by marine […]
Continue Reading →According to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) report on New York State Shellfish Landings for 2014, Hempstead Harbor had the second highest number of bushels of hard clams harvested from waters around Long Island. Commercial shellfish harvesters are required to record on harvest tags the date of harvest along with the shellfish harvest areas. […]
Continue Reading →Following months of much-needed renovation work at Tappen Marina, the marina was scheduled to reopen Wednesday, April 15, 2015. The north section of the marina was slated to be fully operational, but as of 3 pm on Wednesday, the area was still closed off and workers were still busy in the area. The south section […]
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