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WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Damian Panitz, who is one of Long Island's most active users on an app called MyCoast, documenting changes in the coastline at Watch Hill on Fire Island.
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New York state will step up funding for beach replenishment and repairs after recent storms caused severe erosion on Long Island’s south shore. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $5 million to fund projects in Suffolk County.
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The Fire Island to Montauk Point project, known as FIMP, has been six decades in the making. It is meant to be a long-term solution to beach erosion, and better protect vulnerable downtown areas from flooding.
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Officials say the south shore of Long Island is in desperate need of more sand to combat beach erosion from coastal flooding. They want help from the federal government to save the shoreline in time for summer.
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Work to replenish 83 miles of Long Island’s shoreline is expected to be finished by next summer. The project has been six decades in the making.
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New insights from ecologists at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University suggest a need to implement urgent monitoring for sharks and other related species in New York coastal waters.
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Water quality monitoring funded by the federal government has ensured safer beaches in Connecticut, despite three victims of water-borne viruses reported since July 1.
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Remnants of Hurricane Ida in 2021 damaged a waterfront bluff and a staircase down to the beach. A group of Fort Salonga residents are demanding officials to pick up the pace on reconstruction.
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At least four swimmers were bitten by sharks in Long Island waters over the Fourth of July weekend. New York had boosted its shark monitoring efforts after a surge in bites and sightings last summer.
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78% of public Long Island Sound beaches in Connecticut and New York received an A or B rating.