Saving the Forge River in the News

Efforts to save river paying off, Press of Manorville & Moriches, 2/24/06

"This is great because the whole idea of this was to get local government rallying around this....The community is speaking loud and clear and they want that dubious recognition of being on the impaired water list to receive attention."

Peconic Baykeeper asks for community support, Press of Manorville & Moriches, 11/11/05

"Mr. McAllister urged local residents and civic association representatives to sign a petition that will be presented to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation later this month."

Volunteers recruited to monitor Forge River, Press of Manorville & Moriches, 9/9/05

"'We don't throw our hands up here,' said Mr. McAllister, noting that the group will be able to take an active hand in stewarding change to their environment while avoiding the red tape of bureaucracy. 'We get in there and get them dirty.'"

Rescue Call Goes Out for Forge River, New York Times, 8/21/05

"Today, the Forge is a river in distress. The river, which runs between Moriches and Mastic and empties into Moriches Bay, is littered with dead fish; the water, a mix of fresh and salt, is a murky gray color."

Saving the Forge River, Long Island Advance, 7/21/05

"McAllister said he agreed with the county's findings on the levels they discovered of dissolved oxygen but that there was a clear gap in their sampling information."

Forge River concerns addressed, Press of Manorville and Moriches, 7/15/05

"...in the third week of June, residents noticed that the river and its inhabitants had changed."

Rescuing a River in Distress, Newsday, 7/14/05

"Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister got a nasty shock when he navigated his motorboat up the Forge River in Mastic last month to check for environmental damage."

Mysterious plume pollutes the water in the Forge River, Press of Manorville and Moriches, 6/24/2005

"Public officials are scratching their heads as to the cause of a mysterious gray plume, foul odor and dead marine life in the Forge River between Moriches and Mastic last week."