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DEC Announces Availability of Proposal to Expand State s Artificial Reef Network for Public Comment

DEC Announces Availability of Proposal to Expand State s Artificial Reef Network for Public Comment State Releases Completed Permit Application to Enhance Existing Reef Sites, Create Four New Reefs DEC Accepting Public Comment on Proposal until Jan. 15, 2021 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today released the completed permit application to expand seven of the State s 12 existing artificial reef sites and create four new sites for public review and comment. The reef expansion and new artificial reef sites will provide additional marine habitat in New York s waters to support recreational and commercial fisheries and bolster industries such as tourism and diving, that rely on healthy marine ecosystems. The Notice of Complete Application posted today in DEC s Environmental Notice Bulletin starts a 30-day public comment period on the proposal to grow the State s Artificial Reef Network. DEC is accepting public comments through Jan. 15, 2021.

Town officials call for partnership to save former Aquebogue duck farm

Town officials call for partnership to save former Aquebogue duck farm Riverhead Town Board members are renewing an effort to preserve a 94-acre former duck farm in Aquebogue. Councilman Frank Beyrodt asked his colleagues to ramp up efforts to preserve the parcel during a work session last Thursday. Mr. Beyrodt, who is the liaison to the town’s open space committee, said the property is “a very important, environmentally sensitive” parcel that’s a top priority of the committee. “The only problem is that there’s no money for preservation currently,” he said, proposing the Town Board draft a letter to several agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, state Department of Environmental Conservation, Suffolk County, Peconic Land Trust and Nature Conservancy asking for their support.

DEC awards land trust grants | News, Sports, Jobs - Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Dec 14, 2020 ALBANY On Friday the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced more than $2.2 million in Conservation Partnership Program grants for 50 nonprofit land trusts across the state, including seven in the North Country. A total of 69 grants come from New York’s Environmental Protection Fund, which is primarily funded by real estate transfer taxes. They will leverage an additional $2.6 million in private and local funding to support projects that protect water quality and farmland, boost public access for outdoor recreation, and conserve open space to benefit community health, tourism and economic development. The Land Trust Alliance administers the Conservation Partnership Program in coordination with DEC.

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