As a landscape architect practicing on the east end of Long Island, I cannot express enough my appreciation of the job that Peconic Baykeeper is doing in:
1. Keeping the sensitive estuaries and bays of our area clean, and monitoring their well-being.
2. Keeping our
Mission: Peconic Baykeeper is a 501 (C)(3) Not-For-Profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring Long Island's drinkable, swimmable, and fishable waters. Established in 1998 as Long Island's clean water advocate, Peconic Baykeeper uses science, education and law to defend critical watersheds from the Peconic Estuary through the South Shore Bays. Peconic Baykeeper is a proud member of the international Waterkeeper movement, working actively with civic groups, baymen, businesses, children, and the community at large to protect and restore water quality and the island’s watersheds.
Results: *Established a vessel sewage No-Discharge Zone for the Peconic and South Shore Estuary Reserve.
*Compelled Suffolk County to stop dredging hundreds of miles of ditches in tidal wetlands.
*Halted a marina project in Shinnecock Bay that would have destroyed habitat and degraded water quality.
*Moved New York State to designate the Forge River as "Impaired Waters";, an unfortunate distinction that is the catalyst for corrective action.
Target demographics: Identify threats to our precious waterways and drinking water in order to advocate for solutions to the issues at hand
Geographic areas served: The Peconic and South Shore Estuary Watersheds of Long Island
Programs: Peconic Baykeeper serves as a public advocate and community educator through its clean water programs and initiatives.
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jack,Professional with expertise in this field 03/15/2011
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03/15/2011
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As a landscape architect practicing on the east end of Long Island, I cannot express enough my appreciation of the job that Peconic Baykeeper is doing in:
1. Keeping the sensitive estuaries and bays of our area clean, and monitoring their well-being.
2. Keeping our population well-informed of the status of the health of these eco-systems. (Their work is well-publicized and their educational outreach is targeted to the entire population.
3. With limited staff and dedicated volunteers, the dollar-for-effect ratio is outstanding.
We are very fortunate to have Kevin McAllister and Peconic Bay keeper organization. As our advocate without goverment or polictical influence,Peconic Bay keeper has fought to keep our waterways clean and hopefully will continue for future generations. Kevin always makes his presence in our communities while teaching the importance to preserving our most precious resource.
Over the last twenty years I have watched the brown tides and the red tides and whatever other tides kill off the clams and the mussels and the oysters and fish in the bays of Long Island. We've got to stop this for us and for the future of Long Island.
This is a priority. They made a difference in the Hudson. Let's do the same in Long Island waters.
Peconic Baykeeper looks at the health of all the waters of Long Island, and uses all means to protect them. It does our community a great service and has had effective success most recently in protecting a sensitive area on the South Shore of Long Island.
