Peconic Estuary Program

United States Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand came to Riverhead today to warn that the president’s proposed $8 million funding cut from the National Estuary Program could jeopardize ongoing efforts to protect and restore the Peconic Estuary.

Warmer waters, new predators, and loss of eelgrass habitat affected the Peconic Bay scallop population, in addition to a new parasite infection, according to a report by the Peconic Estuary Partnership issued yesterday.

A 1.2-acre wetland would be constructed on town-owned property at the headwaters of the creek to filter road runoff being discharged from drainage structures.

The Peconic riverfront in downtown Riverhead now has a rain garden to help filter stormwater runoff into the river, thanks to more than two dozen volunteers, the Peconic Estuary Program and the Town of Riverhead.

The Peconic Estuary Program is updating its conservation plan to refocus its efforts on the latest threats to the waterbodies of the Peconic Bay.

With your help, downtown Riverhead will have a rain garden to filter out pollutants that would otherwise be discharged into the Peconic River. Volunteers are...

The Perfect Earth Project, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County and The Peconic Land Trust will hold its second annual Toxin-Free...