Long Island Environmental Groups Band Together

John Mitty Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Water pollution has been a major issue for Long Island this year, with contamination harming marine life and also cutting into business for local fishermen.  The DEC just announced that part of Oyster Bay is open again to shellfishing, but most of the bay is still closed.  Tuesday, several local environmental groups announced they will be banding together to try and combat pollution in the waters around LI. 

The Long Island Clean Water Partnership has been formed by four different organizations.  These are the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, the Nature Conservancy, Long Island Pine Barrens Society, and Group for the East End.  Together, the groups will spend $3 million on projects to educate the public through advertisements on television and the radio, door-to-door campaigns, and more.  The partnership is also involved in lobbying activities, and is trying to advocate improvements to septic systems on the island.  Improved septic systems would mean less nitrogen pollution, which in turn would reduce the algae blooms which kill and contaminate sea life.   “We just had the worst summer ever with pollution,” stated Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment.  “… (Even) with all of the programs that have been implemented over the last 20 years, we’re losing the battle of the bays.  Our bays are dying.”

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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