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Advice from the Southold YETI: The Importance of Good Fishing Habits

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by Phoebe Faint One of the best parts about living on Long Island is the proximity to good fishing. Whether you enjoy fishing from your boat or simply casting off of a nearby shore, you have a good chance of catching some dinner, or at least a sea robin or two.  Because this pastime is such an important part of Long Island’s culture and economy, we must practice good fishing
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Members of the Southold YETI cleaned up Arshamomoque Preserve this spring.
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Advice from the Southold YETI: A Spring’s Worth of Work

East End Beacon
* Youth Environmental Task Force Initiative by Brielle Born YETI, also known as the “Youth Environmental Task Initiative,” uses many different techniques, ideas, and plans to help observe, assess, and restore the environment around us. YETI is made up of many different students from Greenport, Southold, and Mattituck, which makes our discussions even more involved so we get all the different perspectives from town to town.  Pictured Above: Nolan Kaessinger,
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Advice from the Southold YETI*: Coastal Erosion is Shaping Our Future

East End Beacon
* Youth Environmental Task Force Initiative By Alexandra Cabral Coastal erosion along the North Fork of Long Island is no longer a faraway environmental worry, it is a growing crisis that is transforming shorelines, damaging roads as well as buildings, and threatening the safety, economy, and daily lives of locals. In Southold, Greenport, and Mattituck, erosion is escalating, because of stronger coastal storms and rising sea levels. Pictured Above: Southold Town
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Advice From the Southold YETI*: Dinner With A Side of Plastic

East End Beacon
(*Youth Environmental Task Force Initiative) By Jane Glasser Southold’s crown jewels have always been our beautiful beaches, fresh seafood, and wineries that bring life and the atmosphere that we call home.  However, while strolling along admiring the coastal landscape, I’ve noticed increasing amounts of garbage and plastic littering our town’s environment. A broken bottle, plastic bags floating in the water, abandoned fishing lines, glass, plastic, metal all polluting our waters.  
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Advice from the Southold YETI*: Don’t Cut Down That Tree!

East End Beacon
(*Youth Environmental Task Force Initiative) by Phoebe Faint Spring is here, and it is a great time for everyone to start considering ways to be more environmentally friendly this season! As a young person, it is very important to us that everyone plays their part in keeping Southold as beautiful and healthy as possible for our community and the future of our town.  One of the most important ways to
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