If a hurricane  tracks in our direction, it may be more powerful, because of elevated ocean temperatures, explained Ted Fisch, NYS Office of Emergency Management. We were both attending the Long Island Pine Barrens' recent Law Enforcement Council meeting.

I was thinking about wildfires and our most recent drought, and not about hurricanes, nor about their impact on the Pine Barrens. Only later, did I realize that Ray would have wanted Ted to say more, ...

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Quality Parks will begin Community Supported Conservation program to provide support to the agencies, groups, and individuals involved in parklands.

Topics

We'll start off with discussions about the following, and focus in on various projects as needed. Both professionals and newcomers are welcome.

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Background

Public lands, at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), will be used by BP for profit to construct a solar array to produce energy to be sold to the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). Most of the construction and development costs will be covered by LIPA customers. In the process, they will  cut down 153 acres of trees in the Long Island Pine Barrens. Take a long at a smaller, but similar solar array project at: BP Paulsboro, New Jersey.  Image below - in green - is where trees will be cut.

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Ever since the last big storm, the nor'easter that pelted the beach, wrecking bathing facilities, seagulls flocked to Port Jefferson. At least that was true the last time we visited the beach, one week since the nor'easter.

Photograhy - Richard Musto

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