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Long Island’s Last Duck Farm Weighs Closure After Outbreak Leads to Killing of Entire Flock – Morning Ag Clips

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Long Island’s Last Duck Farm Weighs Closure After Outbreak Leads to Killing of Entire Flock – Morning Ag Clips

Unsplash) NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last commercial farm.

The?avian flu outbreak?that has led to the slaughter of millions of birds at U.S. poultry farms and?driven up the price of eggs?struck the Crescent Duck Farm this week, leading federal officials to order the destruction of the operation’s entire flock.

The End of the L.I.E.

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In 1973, facing community opposition and the state's deteriorating budget situation, the Long Island Expressway extension was cancelled, ending abruptly at Horseblock Road (which us children have a more obscene term for) and Old Country Road about 5 miles outside of Riverhead. A series of outlet mauls, an amusement park and other businesses popped up very conveniently at the end of the L.I.E., hoping to capture the dollar of the tourist heading out to the wild country of Western Long Island after leaving the city. Manhattan is roughly 70 miles to the west on Nation's Largest Parking Lot as some people call the L.I.E.

Long Island Solar Farm

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The Long Island Solar Farm (LISF) is a 32-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant built through a collaboration including BP Solar, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), and the Department of Energy. The LISF, located on the Brookhaven National Laboratory site, began delivering power to the LIPA grid in November 2011, and is currently the largest solar photovoltaic power plant in the Eastern United States. It is generating enough renewable energy to power approximately 4,500 homes, and is helping New York State meet its clean energy and carbon reduction goals.

Seal’s wayward waddle ends with a rescue in Riverside – Newsday

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Seal’s wayward waddle ends with a rescue in Riverside – Newsday

A wayward gray seal waddled into the parking lot of a Riverside beverage shop Sunday morning and waddled out with Southampton Town cops in pursuit before the chase ended and a marine rescue group took the animal in.

Southampton Police received a 911 call about 6:30 a.m. reporting a seal in the parking lot of Thrifty Beverage on Lake Avenue, south of Riverhead’s Main Street and the Peconic River, in the hamlet of Riverside. Police responded and the spooked seal crossed the street toward the Budget Host East End Hotel, authorities said. Officers were able to capture the seal after surrounding it, according to Southampton Town police.

The animal was captured by Southampton police and turned over to the Riverhead-based New York Marine Rescue Center. The animal is being evaluated and cared for by the rescue group and will be released at a later date, police said.

Police believe the animal was feeding on the alewives, fish that migrate upstream to spawn in the Peconic River.