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Suffolk’s Water Quality Problems
Suffolk County recently released the thousand page report called the Comprehensive Water Resources management Plan. The report states, “Suffolk County’s water quality is at a tipping point. We face...
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Suffolk Beaches Closed a Second Time in 3 Weeks
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES NEWS RELEASE STEVEN BELLONE SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE JAMES L. TOMARKEN, MD MPH, MBA, MSW COMMISSIONER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:...
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Regional Leaders Announce Regionally Transformative Economic Development Plan
Suffolk Leaders will meet at 10:45 a.m. today (June 16, 2015) at the Charles E. Wang Center, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will...
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Community Outreach from Home Depot Transforms Butterfly Garden at Sawmill
The third grade students at Mandracchia-Sawmill Intermediate School in Commack have been studying the life cycle of insects. They “raised” Painted Lady butterflies, and as a culminating activity, the...
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Bellone, Officials Provide Fish Kill Updates
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone was joined by environmental, state, county and town officials Saturday to provide an update on the recent fish kills on the East End and ask the federal...
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Crab Meadow Beach Closed to Bathing
Crab Meadow Beach Huntington, NY Update: The beach has been reopened for swimming. Crab Meadow Beach in Northport is closed today (August 31, 2015) to bathing due to the finding of bacteria at levels...
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Hunting Allowed in “1C” Suffolk County – Town to Change Weapons Law Not...
Social media and other media outlets who are covering this story about “allowing” deer hunting in Huntington have the issue wrong according to the New York State Department of Environmental...
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Clean Water – A Simple but Elusive Concept
By Dan Gulizio Clean Water. Drinkable, swimmable, fishable water. It is a simple concept, universally agreed upon. Yet, by all accounts, ground and surface water quality have declined dramatically in...
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The Miracle of Sewers
EVERYONE is talking about sewers today. Elected officials, environmental advocacy groups, industry experts are all on the sewer bandwagon. Sewers, we are told, will protect and restore ground and...
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Huntington Beaches and Most in Suffolk – Advisory Against Swimming
County Issues Advisory against Bathing at 64 Beaches Asharoken beach no swimming Wading River Beach remains closed Due to the heavy rainfall, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has issued...
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Why Billions in New Sewers Won’t Work
Everybody is talking about water quality lately and that is a good thing. Following Super Storm Sandy, Governor Cuomo established the LI Resiliency and Clean Water Infrastructure Task Force, the New...
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Two Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus
Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James L. Tomarken announced today that two mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquito samples, Aedes japonicus and Aedes vexans, were...
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Suffolk County Undertakes Review of Sewage Treatment Regulatory Program
As an outgrowth of County Executive Steve Bellone’s Reclaim Our Waters Initiative, the Suffolk County Health Department has undertaken a review of existing sewage treatment plant (STP) siting and...
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Peconic River Recreation Advisory
On December 15, 2015, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services issued an advisory to residents to take precautions before recreating on the tidal portion of the Peconic River (east of Grangebel...
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Commack Middle School Nature Explorers and Earth Protectors Club Recycle
Members of the Commack Middle School Nature Explorers and Earth Protectors Club put their eco-enthusiasm to work, sponsoring a school-wide plastic bag collection. They collected (and counted) 1,873...
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Bellone Announces Addition of New Wastewater Expert to Suffolk County’s Water...
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone recently announced that soil scientist and wastewater management expert Justin Jobin has joined Suffolk County’s water quality team of engineers, scientists and...
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SUFFOLK COUNTY PARKS ANNOUNCES PLOVER SEASON
Parks Department Works to Maintain Beach Access While Adhering to Federal Guidelines to Protect the Piping Plovers “Plover season has arrived”, announced the Suffolk County Parks Department, and...
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Suffolk Announces New Development in County’s Required Turf Management Course
Online component of the course being developed by Cornell Cooperative to provide flexibility and easy access for course completion County Executive Bellone announced that of as part of the County’s...
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New Cyanobacteria Blooms
Recent sampling performed by SUNY Stony Brook has confirmed new cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue–green algae, in Old Town Pond in Southampton. Currently, cyanobacteria blooms exist at...
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New Cyanobacteria Blooms, Health Officials ask Residents to Keep Children &...
Recent sampling performed by SUNY Stony Brook has confirmed new cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue–green algae, in Spring Lake in Middle Island, Setauket Mill Pond in Setauket, Georgica...
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