Protecting Long Island’s Most Vital Resource: Clean Water Symposium Focuses on Long Island’s Future (opens in new tab)

Long Island is surrounded by water, yet protecting clean water has become one of the region’s defining challenges. Hard clam populations that once supported one of New York’s most productive fisheries have declined by nearly 99 percent. Harmful algal blooms now close beaches and discolor ponds. More recently, PFAS “forever chemicals” have emerged in groundwater […] The post first appeared on .