LI SOUND CONSORTIUM

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LI SOUND & UDALLS COVE

ENVIRONMENTAL MEETING
We will hold a community meeting on this topic in October. 

​Click here to read Cecilia Venosta’s report

 

Welcome to the Douglaston Civic Association (DCA) web page. Douglaston is a town abutting the north shore of Long Island Sound (LIS) at the very end of New York City.  Douglaston has a long maritime tradition. 

 

The DCA has served as the community’s civic association since 1910.  We along with the many other communities along the north and south shores of the LIS share a deep love of the sound and a deep commitment to keeping it healthy. So many groups have struggled and succeeded in small and large ways to improve the quality of the sound.

 

In furtherance of that goal DCA and Congressman Tom Suozzi jointly initiated a meeting with all the stakeholders involved in preserving and protecting and cleaning up the LI Sound including our own Little Neck Bay. The purpose was to reintroduce all the stake holders and develop a joint united plan with priorities for cleaning up the LI Sound of which Little Neck Bay is a part. This will enable the group to present to Congressman Suozzi  coordinated requests for funding.

 

Our board member Cecilia Venosta organized the effort and will continue coordinating this joint effort. DAC will host on this Web site a compendium information for all those interested in cleaning up and preserving LIS. 

 

Separate from this Web site DCA will maintain a discussion forum for the groups. DCA May / June membership meeting will have the LIS sound A Report Card as a topic.

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SIERRA CLUB ATLANTIC CHAPTER

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New Yorkers rely on swamps, fens, bogs, and wet meadows to filter pollutants from our waterways, recharge our aquifers, and absorb catastrophic floods. Yet there often appears to be little public awareness that we are filling, dredging and draining wetlands at an alarming rate – at least until we find our neighborhoods underwater or our public water supplies contaminated. 

Right now, we have a rare opportunity to pass historic reforms to NY’s freshwater wetlands program, in a way that prioritizes protections for habitats that are most important to clean water and flood control, without relying upon significant new staffing resources.  

Will you reach out to state lawmakers and tell them to protect wetlands in this year’s legislative session?  

 

Click here to read more and learn what you can do to protect New York's environment.

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