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Pledge for the Peconic Estuary

Goals of the Peconic Estuary Program

Peconic Estuary Program Milestones

Peconics by the Numbers

Key Staff & Partners

Peconics by the Numbers

  • 125,783 land acres
  • 158,056 surface water acres
  • 46 miles long
  • 18 miles wide
  • 453 miles of shoreline
  • More than 100 distinct bays, harbors & tributaries
  • Year-round population of 100,000
  • Summer population of 280,000
  • Flushing time in western estuary - 56 days
  • Flushing time in eastern estuary - 22 days
  • 1 State - New York
  • 1 County - Suffolk
  • 6 Towns - Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton & Southold

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Last modified on 5/19/2005

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