The Carmans River plan factionalized Brookhaven's town board and drew heavy criticism from civic groups and the public. But Lesko and a group of environmentalists and developers who crafted the ...

Paddling his canoe south along the lower part of the Carmans River, Brad DeSantis passed partially bare trees with leaves changing red and orange with the season. After ducking under the Montauk ...

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 ...

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced on Tuesday the Carmans River Fish Ladder Project at Lily Lake Dam is now complete. The WSHU podcast Higher Ground explored the impact of climate ...

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 ...

Long Island environmentalists have been pushing for a resolution to preserve the river for many years. The 10-mile-long Carmans, which flows from Middle Island to Bellport Bay, is one of four ...

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.

In March 2014, Kim Kelly, whose home is near the site, said she is afraid that underground water supplies are already contaminated. "Very – and the table is so high here," she said.

But the town says on the other side of the spillway, more than 300 cubic yards of sediment that was dumped into Carmans River will interfere with trout spawning season downstream.

The Carmans River plan gives owners of property in the watershed area transfer of development rights so they can build in other areas of the town.