Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko withdrew a proposal -- heralded as historic by backers -- designed to preserve the Carmans River, citing a lack of consensus on the town board. The plan was ...

What set the tone for the river study was Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko's insistence on a tight deadline after an earlier Carmans review stalled as 66 development proposals near the river piled up.

Suffolk County and Brookhaven town officials announced Wednesday what they called a “watershed moment” for the future of the imperiled Carmans River when they preserved 171 acres near its ...

A judge has ruled in favor of Brookhaven town officials demanding the cleanup of a shuttered Long Island Rail Road yard full of toxic chemicals in East Yaphank.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced on Tuesday the Carmans River Fish Ladder Project at Lily Lake Dam is now complete. The new passageway along the Carmans River, one of the longest ...

The contaminated Carmans River got a step cleaner when Brookhaven Town officials enacted new requirements to reduce the concentration of nitrogen in surface and groundwater that are stricter than ...

The Town of Brookhaven has approved a plan to preserve more than 10,000 acres along the Carmans River. The bill, which passed unanimously, will restrict the amount of development that can occur on ...

The Town of Brookhaven announced plans to purchase 120 acres for open space in the Carmans River watershed Tuesday. The $12 million land purchase is considered critical to preserving the land from ...

After three years, the Town of Brookhaven has approved a plan that will preserve property in the Carmans River watershed and divert development to other areas.

Suffolk County is allocating $1 million to complete the Fish Ladder project in Carmans River. A ladder will be installed at Lily Lake Dam to help migratory fish get upstream to spawn.