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Pinetree ENVIRONMENTALISTS OPPOSE HUGE RESORT PLAN
5/5/2008 - Abandoning two years of neutrality, the Long Island Pine Barrens Society and other environ- mental and civic leaders announced opposition today to a $1billion resort project proposed for the Pine Barrens in Calverton. They blamed “the Town of Riverhead’s insistence on a biased environmental review process controlled by the town” for their decision to try to block the planned mega-resort at the town’s Enterprise Park in Calverton (EPCAL) where drinking water protection and habitat preservation are threatened.


Pinetree LONG ISLAND LEADERS SEEK STATE FUNDING FOR OPEN SPACE
4/2/2008 - Over 70 Long Island leaders from in and out of government have written to the Long Island legislative delegation seeking increased funding for open space and farmland preservation.


Pinetree CHARGE BROADWATER WITH FALSE SAVINGS CLAIM: Environmentalists Ask Attorney General to Investigate
2/20/2008 - “It’s a bald-faced lie,” said Pine Barrens Society Executive Director Richard Amper. He was re-ferring to the claim contained in a $100,000 advertising campaign and in submissions to gov-ernment and energy groups by Broadwater Energy which seeks approval for a massive Liquefied Natural Gas factory in the Long Island Sound.


PinetreeENDAGERED OWL AT EPCAL UPS ENVIRONMENTAL STAKES
2/8/2008 - The need for an unbiased environmental analysis of all proposed development at Riverhead's Enterprise Park at Calverton was heightened this week when the New York State endangered Short-eared Owl was photographed at EPCAL. The avian species has been known to inhabit the site for more than a decade but the owl was only added to the Endangered Species List in 1999. There are thought to be eight or fewer Short-eared Owls on Long Island and four of them have been seen at the EPCAL site.


PinetreeENVIRONMENTALISTS AND YOUTH TEAM-UP AGAINST BROADWATER
2/8/2008 - Angry that oil and energy giants are spending more than $100,000 to promote Broadwater’s proposal to build a Liquefied Natural Gas factory in Long Island sound, environmentalists and civic groups have launched a grassroots campaign to respond and they’ve gotten help from one of Broadwater’s youngest opponents -- eight- year-old Leo Burke of Rocky Point.


PinetreeCOURT EXCLUDES DEVELOPMENT FROM REVIEW
2/1/2008 - A New York State Supreme Court Judge has ruled that mega-development at the Town of Riverhead’s En-terprise Park at Calverton (EPCAL) is not subject to review by the New York State Pine Barrens Commis-sion, despite the fact that the site is located in the heart of the Pine Barrens.


PinetreeGROUPS WARN RIVERHEAD THREATENS ENVIRONMENT
1/25/2008 - Ten major environmental groups warn that recent actions by the Town of Riverhead at its En-terprise Park at Calverton pose serious threats to the environment in the Pine Barrens, there. They say that a lingering lawsuit is undermining protection of drinking water and preservation of critical habitat, while the town seeks to avoid laws designed to protect a regional resource.

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