Environment
Environment
Striped Bass Fishery Managment Plan draft amendment released for public comment
A public comment period has opened on the development of the most significant amendment to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass in nearly 20 years.
Environment
Riverhead wins decade-old lawsuit challenging new endangered species regulations adopted by DEC without public hearing
A State Supreme Court judge in Albany County has sided with the Town of Riverhead in a decade-old lawsuit challenging regulations adopted by the State DEC in 2010 to protect endangered species. The court ruled on Feb. 18 the new regulations are null and void because the Department of Environmental Conservation failed to hold a public hearing prior to adopting them.
Environment
Suffolk’s impaired waterbodies: Many downgraded on DEC’s updated list
From the Long Island Sound on the north shore to the bays on the south, from the bays and harbors of western Suffolk to the bays between the Twin Forks, the list of impaired waterbodies across Suffolk County is long and the impairments serious.
Environment
‘Green amendment’ passed with overwhelming voter support, but its impacts remain uncertain
New Yorkers will have a constitutional right to “clean air and water, and a healthful environment” at the start of the new year, but what will that mean as a practical matter?
