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More than $1 Million for Projects to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound
Gathering together on the shores of Long Island Sound, top federal and state environmental officials announced 33 grants to state and local government and community groups under the Long Island Sound … more →
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More than $1 Million for Projects to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound
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goingcoastal wrote 3 weeks ago: Gathering together on the shores of Long Island Sound, top federal and state environmental officials … more →
Biologists fight erosion in Jamaica Bay
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goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: The whipping winds of Jamaica Bay sway the chest-high grasses of Elder’s Point East, a salt ma … more →
Dirty Water: Pols Meet to Discuss Newtown Cleanup
goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: After making an initial recommendation to put Newtown Creek, one of the most polluted waterways in … more →
Surfers Storm Rockaway
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: Killer waves kicked up by Hurricane Bill proved to be killer fun for city surfers yesterday. Though … more →
Hurricane Bill forces city to close beaches in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: The city is closing beaches in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island on Friday because of fears that Hu … more →
just Swell! Bill’s Strength Has Surfers Psyched
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: “It’ll be a swell so big and strong it will wipe clean everything that went before it.’’ So spoke th … more →
Jamaica oysters no shell game: Bay's pollution hinders renewal
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: It’s been a long time since oysters called Jamaica Bay home. Pollution, overharvesting and oth … more →
Rockaways' currents can be deadly if not treated with caution
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: Powerful waves. A shifting sand bar. Deadly rip currents. The Rockaways have them all – makin … more →
National Parkland Not on Radar
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: When my 19-year-old daughter and her friends are looking for something to do, they often head for th … more →
Group eyes Jamaica Bay as oyster habitat
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: Early in the 19th Century, oysters were plentiful in the cool waters of Jamaica Bay. But 200 years o … more →
Cleaner water off the Rockaways brings back fish, and some unwanted followers
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: In Gateway National Park at the western tip of Rockaway, a sandy peninsula that is part of Queens, a … more →
Cleaning the Grit Off Long Island City
goingcoastal wrote 3 months ago: Long Island City is about to get a face-lift. The city and federal governments plan to pour more tha … more →
Ackerman seeks $500,000 for Rockaway wind study
goingcoastal wrote 4 months ago: A collaboration between Con Edison and the Long Island Power Authority to discuss the feasibility of … more →
Queens tennis players lament loss of Long Island City's Tennisport
goingcoastal wrote 4 months ago: Finding “love” in Queens is getting harder. The closing of Tennisport, a private club in … more →
Cheap slip: Sail boat docked in polluted Brooklyn waterway
goingcoastal wrote 4 months ago: It’s one of the most polluted waterways in New York – a fetid stew of oil, sewage and sl … more →
For Surfers, a Reprieve of Sorts
goingcoastal wrote 4 months ago: Famous last words, but Long Island and Rockaway Beach wave riders may soon be able to peel off their … more →
Gangster Surf
goingcoastal wrote 4 months ago: Can Bobby Vaughn, a Californian with a shady past, turn Rockaway locals into professional surfers? O … more →
Babies, Not Birds and Bees, Made Turtles Come Out of Shell
goingcoastal wrote 4 months ago: Jamaica Bay, which includes Kennedy International Airport, has seen its population of diamondback te … more →
Tour galore for 1,000-plus bicyclists
goingcoastal wrote 4 months ago: WHEN ONLINE registration opened for 1,000 free slots in this year’s Tour de Queens bike ride, … more →
