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Q. What is the Conservancy’s mission and where does it work?
A. The Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that works to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Eastern Long Island Sound’s marine area as well as the land on Fishers Island itself.
Q. How is the Conservancy funded?
Lobster Shell Disease
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's publication "Oceanus" has an informative article on lobster shell disease and the New England Lobster Research Initiative, established by Congress to study the causes and consequences of the disease. The article can be reached through the following link: http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=32687.
Program on Invasive Plants - May 25, 2008
"Invasives--A Threat to Our Native Plants and Wildlife Habitats.....How to Identify Invasives and What You Can Do about Them" To be held at the Library @ 3PM on Sunday, May 25th..Speaker: Penni Sharp, sponsored by the Fishers Island Conservancy. All are welcome!
Long Island Sound LNG Project - Broadwater
On April 10, 2008, Governor Paterson announced that the New York State Department of State had rejected the application for construction of a floating liquified natural gas (LNG) facility in the middle of Long Island Sound. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/nyregion/11broadwater.html?_r=1&oref=s....
Nature Days 2008 - Save the Date
July 13-15, 2008: "The Government and the Protection of Our Environment"
The agenda is in the process of formation.