Humble beginnings with Nikolaos Nantsis, James Bertsch, Stephen Borghardt, Rob Vasiluth, Marshall Brown, et al. These tiny sprouts are those of Long Island wild type American Chestnut growing …
Author: Frank Piccininni
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STGSB Podcast Episode 1: Water Quality Task Force
Listen to Episode 1 of the podcast featuring Frank Piccininni speaking to the Assembly Minority Conference's Water Quality Task Force about funding and native plantings.
Excavating in a Public Nature Preserve To Mitigate Flooding Creates Other Obvious Problems
The North Fork Preserve, a 173 acre park in Eastern Suffolk, is being damaged by an ill advised public works project involving heavy equipment and multiple excavations in marshland disturbing rare habitat.
Engineer Approved Drainage Plans Threaten Sensitive Natural Habitat In Long Island’s North Fork
There must be a stop work order issued immediately on this "enhancement" project. The North Fork Nature Preserve is about to be ravaged by a major excavation project that would establish a series of retention ponds, thus ruining the hydrology of a good portion of this county park. This project is being undertaken for the benefit of a few home owners who built on The Sound who take exception to water from the preserve flowing through their beach. How did this ever get approved with no environmental impact analysis? This must not stand.