http://www.flaxpondfriends.org/volunteer.html
Flax Pond is a salt marsh on the north shore of central Long Island, cradled between Crane Neck Point and Old Field Point, north of the village of Stony Brook.
The Pond is jointly owned by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
The University operates a marine laboratory with recirculating sea water and facilities for incubating and growing marine plants and animals.
The University uses the Pond as a research facility. Local residents have expressed concern about apparent deterioration of water quality, loss of spartina and continuing loss of fish and shellfish populations.
There is also a community concern about inappropriate development around the Pond's perimeter including docks, removal of spartina beds and damage caused by boat wakes.
Local residents have approached the Conservancy about ways of enhancing protection of the Pond and rehabilitation of its living resources.
SBEC works closely with the Friends of Flax Pond (FFP) through winter lectures, horseshoe crab and turtle surveys, and advocacy for legislation leading to higher legal protection for the Pond.
http://www.gushi.org/~sbec/flaxpond.shtml
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