Environmental Issues on Long Island
Member Announcement:
We Need Your Help! Please Show Your Support for wind
energy. Important Public Meetings on the proposed Long Island Offshore
Wind Park will be held on July 10 and 11. We need your help in making
a case for moving forward with this proposal that would generate
enough pollution-free electricity from our abundant offshore breezes
to power 44,000 Long Island homes. Please try to attend and speak
at the Monday meeting if at all possible.
The public meeting dates are as follows:
July 10, 2006, 7 PM at West Babylon High School Performing Arts Center
500 Great East Neck Road, West Babylon, NY 11704July 11, 2006, 7 PM at Massapequa High School (auditorium)
4925 Merrick Road, Massapequa, NY 11758
Registration for each meeting will begin on site at
5:30 p.m. It is suggested that you come early if you want to sign
up to speak. More information on the offshore wind park and the Public
Scoping Meetings held by the Minerals Management Service is available
at our www.WindWorks4LI.org
website or contact Gordian Raacke at RELI@optonline.net
631-537-8282 www.RenewableEnergyLongIsland.org
PO Box 789 Bridgehampton NY
Relevant Links:
Environmentalists United in
Support of Wind Power - LI Offshore
A coalition of environmental organizations promoting Long Island Offshore
Wind Power.
Save the Sound - Long Island
Sound Watershed Alliance
LISWA is a regional alliance of more than 200 local groups and individuals,
managed by Save the Sound, concerned with Long Island Sound's coastal
management issues, such as water quality, sustainable fisheries and
land use. Our unifying goal is to protect and restore the water quality
of the estuary and its small embankments, through active stewardship
and education.
Quality Parks.org Nonprofit mission is to improve the stewardship of parks and protected areas.
LI Open Space A not-for-profit corporation, which protects land. A land trust is a practical and visionary way for landowners to exercise their need for self-determination, as well as, secure and protect their land for their heirs and future generations.
American Hiking Societythe only national organization dedicated to serving hikers and protecting hiking trails
The Sierra Club Long Island Chapter
The Seatuck Environmental Association is dedicated to the study and conservation of native species and their natural habitats on Long Island. SEA sponsors and conducts scientific research in ecology, wildlife management, and conservation biology, and provides environmental education to facilitate conservation of the region's biodiversity
Starflower Experiences, Inc. is a local not-for-profit educational organization that offers programs and experiences to help people understand, appreciate, and live more in harmony with the earth's life systems. Experiences include programming for schools, a summer children’s “camp,” walks for adults, an annual environmental fair, etc. Most of our public events and outdoor experiences take place at Sweet Hollow Hall in West Hills County Park, Melville
The North Fork Environmental Council believes that there are solutions to the challenges for protecting the environment of the North Fork.
Peconic Land Trust - Nonprofit land conservation organization dedicated to protecting open space and farmland on Long island. PLT accepts gifts of land and conservation easements, and works with farmers, landowners and municipalities to find alternatives to full-yield development.
South Fork Natural History Society fosters appreciation, understanding and preservation of the unique natural world of the South Fork.
Trails Advocate Western Suffolk -
Group for the South Fork Hiking, biking and boating events, environmental advocates
The Nature Conservancy South Fork-Shelter Island Chapter
The Nature Conservancy Long Island Chapter
The Long Island Pine Barrens Society
Friends Of Massapequa
Preserve
A group of dedicated citizens, who live in the greater Massapequa area,
or use the preserve, who united to form a not-for-profit organization
to enhance the protection, restoration, uses and appreciation of this
precious community resource.
Friends of Hempstead Plains at Nassau Community College is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Hempstead Plains and to offering educational programs about this special and rapidly vanishing ecological and historical habitat.
Agencies:
http://www.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/ Environmental resource
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/reg1/index.html State owned DEC managed lands/public access activities - Region 1
http://pb.state.ny.us New York State Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission
http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/exec/parks/ Parks recreation information
http://www.nature.nps.gov National Parks Service
http://www.lihistory.com/1/hs111a.htm Pine Barrens info
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