The Truth About Wind & Whales
Opponents of offshore wind have wrongly blamed the renewable energy for recent whale strandings and deaths. Wind turbines do not cause whale deaths! HERE ARE THE FACTS: In 2017 the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared an “unusual whale mortality event” for whales. This designation was based onRead More
Trustee Adventures: Litter Action at Lazy Point!
On Saturday, September 16th, the Lazy Point Association members and residents volunteered to participate in the Town of East Hampton Litter Action Committee’s town-wide clean-up of beaches and roads from Montauk to Wainscott. Trustee Susan McGraw-Keber and the residents of Lazy Point spent the morning working together to gatherRead More
Trustee Adventures: Seeding Three Mile Harbor: Clam & Oysters- September 15 , 2023
The annual Fall seeding of Three Mile Harbor – 2,000 oysters and 240,000 clams, were scattered in the waters this past Friday! This year the students of Southold Junior and Senior High School joined us to help spread the seedlings grown at the East Hampton Shellfish Hatchery located inRead More
Lobsters Scarce in Western L.I.
Long Island Sound lobstermen have held out hope that waters from Northport to Mattituck might see a resurgence after a decadeslong decline. But the numbers aren’t materializing. New York state reported record-low landings of lobsters in 2022, the first year in which the dwindling number of lobstermen reported a catch that fell underRead More
WARNING: Ocean Beaches CLOSED to Swimming
UPDATE: As of Saturday afternoon, September 16th, the East Hampton Ocean Rescue/ Life Guard Association has re-opened the beaches for swimming again as hurricane “Lee,” has passed the east end and is now located on Cape Cod, headed to Maine and Nova Scotia. Caution is still advised, and noRead More
Ocean Beaches
The Trustees generally claim ownership of certain ocean beaches WEST of Napeague Lane to Georgica Association and WEST of Georgica Association to East of Town Line Road.
