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See our upcoming events and education programs at the Suffolk County Environmental Center and around the Island
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Peconic River Fishway Under Construction
After almost a decade of hard work and perseverance, the Peconic Estuary Program has begun construction of a permanent “rock ramp” style fishway at the Grangebel Park dam in the Peconic River. This bypass channel will allow migratory fish, such as alewife and American eel to move freely between the Peconic Bay and 1.5 miles of critical river habitat above the dam in Riverhead.
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 Seatuck Hosts Business Leaders; Overton Honored
In anticipation of the grand opening of the new Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip, the Seatuck Environmental Association held a Business Leaders Breakfast on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Overton Funeral Home was honored at the event for their long time support of Seatuck. |
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Massapequa Lake Fish Ladder Installed
A fish ladder was installed at the Massapequa Lake dam on Massapequa Creek (at Merrick Road) on September 28th, 2009. The ladder restores access to over ¾ of a mile of historical freshwater habitat for migratory fish such as river herring (alewife and blueback herring), upstream to the Massapequa Reservoir (at Sunrise Highway).
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2010 Alewife Survey - Trainings Scheduled
Despite the recent blast of snow and cold weather, spring is right around the corner and that means it will soon be time to start looking for alewives returning to Long Island's streams and rivers for their annual spawning migration (April-May). Let us know if you're interested. Volunteer training workshops are scheduled to begin on March 14th.
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Seatuck Honored
The New York Department of State’s South Shore Estuary Reserve Office recently presented Seatuck with its Allan Aronoff Stewardship Award in recognition of the organization’s work on restoring coastal habitat for migratory fish and educating the public about the island’s coastal resources. |
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Carmans Partnership Earns Award
The Carmans River Fish Ladder Partnership, a team of individuals from federal, state, and local government agencies and conservation groups, was chosen to receive the 2008 Coastal America Spirit Award in recognition of its efforts to install a fish ladder at Hards Lake dam.
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Seatuck Birding Team
Seatuck staff and volunteers put their birding skills to the test this holiday season as they took part in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the first time (see bird list below). Although the original intention was only to include the Scully property in the annual survey, a series of events led to Seatuck being responsible for surveying four other properties, including the Bayard-Cutting Arboretum, the South Shore Nature Center, the East Islip Marina and the Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge.
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