Peconic Land Trust

Broad Cove Preserve in Aquebogue has been added to the NYS Birding Trail after habitat restoration and trail improvements. Photos of the preserve.

Nassau County, which owns the land where the 4-H camp has operated for a century, wants to sell the 145-acre site. Riverhead may partner with Suffolk County on an effort to preserve it.

A roughly 18-acre parcel of vacant land on Route 25A in Wading River once slated for development with retail, office and restaurant uses has been permanently preserved for agricultural use.

Broad Cove, a 100-acre waterfront parcel on Flanders Bay in Aquebogue, has been acquired for preservation by the Peconic Land Trust. The former duck farm has been on state, county and town preservation lists for decades.

The Peconic Land Trust will review Riverhead's community preservation project plan and transfer of development rights program to help the town develop conservation and preservation strategies, thanks to a $30,000 state grant.

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...

In addition to all the other challenges facing the agricultural industry on Long Island — everything from the expense of doing business here to an increasingly burdensome regulatory environment — there’s one obstacle that transcends all others: age.