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PEP's Biennial Conference 2021

The purpose of our conference is to drive ACTION towards combatting the challenges our estuary faces.

The health of the Peconic Estuary faces challenges – and that means our community does too. Excess nutrient loading from land causes water quality to decline, climate change causes sea levels to rise, and all of these issues combined with other human activities harm our wildlife and habitats. As a result – the natural resources we depend on and the real estate and recreational opportunities we enjoy suffer. The PEP’s Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan outlines goals and actions that guide the work of our partnership to combat these issues. This free virtual conference started discussions that put these goals and actions into MOTION!

Our conference posed the question,
“what are we going to do about it?”

Moderator:

Fred Thiele, New York State Assemblyman

Panelists:

Bridget Fleming, Suffolk County Legislator
Christopher Gobler, Professor at SoMAS of Stony Brook University
Jim Tierney, NYSDEC Deputy Commissioner – Water and Watershed
Ken Zegel, Suffolk County DOH, Office of Ecology-Chief, Public Health Engineer
Peter Scully, Deputy Suffolk County Executive
 
Watch the recording of our session on Water Quality.
 
 
Resources from our Water Quality session:
https://www.peconicestuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Water-Quality-Session-Links.pdfDownload
 

Moderator:

Alison Branco, Director of Coastal Programs, The Nature Conservancy in New York

Panelists:

Al Krupski, Suffolk County Legislator
Catherine Kent, Riverhead Town Councilwoman
Mark Lowery, NYSDEC Climate Policy Analyst
Minghua Zhang, Professor at SoMAS of Stony Brook University
Peter Van Scoyoc, East Hampton Town Supervisor
 
Watch the recording of our session on Climate Change.
 
 
Resources from our Climate Change session:
https://www.peconicestuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Climate-change-links.pdfDownload
 

Moderator:

Matthew Sclafani, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Marine Program

Panelists:

Alexa Fournier, Coastal Resiliency Program Manager, NYSDEC Division of Marine Resources
Nicole Maher, Senior Coastal Scientist, The Nature Conservancy in New York
Brad Peterson, Associate Professor at SoMAS of Stony Brook University
Steve Tettelbach, Shellfish Ecologist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
Steve Schott, Habitat Restoration Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
 
Watch the recording of our session on Habitats and Wildlife.
 
 
Resources from our Habitats and Wildlife session:
https://www.peconicestuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Habitat-and-Wildlife-Session-Links.pdfDownload
 

Partners of the Peconic Estuary Partnership share why PEP’s new management plan will guide crucial work towards a brighter future as we all work together. Our partnership is our greatest tool to help us achieve our mission of protecting and restoring the Peconic Estuary and its watershed.
 
Watch our Partnership Video!
 
 

Contact: peconicconference@gmail.com

 
 
 

The U.S. EPA administers and supports the Peconic Estuary Partnership National Estuary Program
 

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