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Ali Mohammed, a financial industry executive, has been appointed to Long Island Power Authority as one of nine unpaid board members charged with overseeing the quasigovernmental agency. The appointment comes at a pivotal time and in the wake of controversy. The agency has come under public attack after it filed tax lawsuits against Long Island communities in an effort to save money. And as the state transitions to a clean-energy economy, state leaders are looking toward Mohammed and the board for new direction. “One of my first priorities as a LIPA trustee will be to end LIPA’s practice of reckless tax certiorari lawsuits against communities and school districts,” Mohammed said in a statement. “LIPA must immediately cease all litigation.” Mohammed’s background includes 20 years of experience working in senior leadership roles for major financial organizations, such as JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs and TD Ameritrade. He’s been involved in restructuring Fortune 500 companies to become more efficient, while lowering costs, according to press releases. The technology sector is also one of his areas of expertise. In June, Mohammed joined Broadridge, a global financial industry analytics company, which has 33 U.S. offices, including one in Lake Success. “I will work to modernize a board so desperately in need of good governance reforms to ensure LIPA finally starts serving ratepayers best interests,” Mohammed said. “The time has come and gone for LIPA to behave as a responsible corporate neighbor, and I look forward to bring an unequivocally ethical and honest voice to the board.” Mohammed’s position aligns with many local elected state officials, who have written and/or sponsored bills that aim to counter the potential financial blow to communities and school districts if LIPA’s tax strategies prevail through courts. “One of my top priorities as a state senator has been to hold LIPA accountable and protect taxpayers,” said state Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport). “For too long LIPA has been a runaway authority, accountable to no one but themselves.” He thanks Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins (D-Yonkers) for prioritizing Long Island taxpayers through Mohammed’s appointment and applauds her choice. “I am proud to appoint Ali Mohammed to the Long
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Park managers to public: Protect and enjoy the outdoors
asks dog owners to be diligent. “People like that we allow pets, but its a constant challenge,” said Robert Reuter, president of Frank Melville Memorial Park.
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When Avalon Park & Preserve on Harbor Road in St. James and Stony Brook first opened in 2001, it welcomed on average 50 to 550 people each week. Today, during the peak seasons of spring and fall, an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people frequent the 140-acre preserve on a weekly basis, and its popularity has become the source of a problem: protecting the integrity of the place. People are carving initials into trees, walking off trails and otherwise damaging habitats. The park is trying to find ways to instill lessons on park etiquette without becoming too obtrusive. The task, though, according to Park Director Katharine Griffiths, has become more complicated with the rising popularity of Instagram and its geo-location features. Foot traffic has spiked over the last five to seven years, Griffiths said, just as the phone app’s use has increased. “We don’t do publicity or have a social media presence,” she said. People are sharing photos of themselves at the park and certain social media posts, she noticed, seem to invite trouble. After people climbed on top an art installation on site, she said, in violation of one of the preserve’s only posted rules, other people saw the image and tried the same antic. In talking with other park directors, Griffiths has found that they are experiencing similar concerns with social media. To address the problem, Griffiths is looking at the efforts of a nationwide campaign called Leave No Trace, developed by the Center for Outdoor Ethics, a nonprofit organization that is raising public awareness on how to preserve and enjoy the outdoors. Nine out of 10 people are uninformed about the impact they have on their environment, the center’s website states. The organization has developed seven principles that people should adopt to minimize their impact. The guidelines were founded for back-country excursions, but the center states that the approaches can be easily adapted to any park setting. Griffiths agrees. The ideas are mainly common sense: Properly dispose of waste, respect wildlife, be considerate of other visitors. Other principles are more nuanced and need to be more widely practiced.
Leave what you find/ avoid damaging trees and plants
A major concern at Avalon centers on bark damage caused by people carving their names or initials into trees. Trees along the boardwalk at the park’s main entrance on Harbor Road
Respect wildlife
The center states that people should quietly observe wildlife from a distance. Do not disturb animals or plants, they say, “just to get a better look.” Lucille Betti-Nash from Four Harbors Audubon Society recommends investing in binoculars or a super-zoom camera, sometimes called a bridge camera, if people want close-up views of wildlife. Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service park in Shirley, is dealing with similar issues. Park Director Ann Marie Chapman said that she is also trying to better educate the public. “The wildlife on Long Island have very few places left to go,” she said. “We should keep these public parklands pristine.” Like Griffiths, she hopes people adopt good outdoor habits.
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Above: Tree graffiti damages trees in Avalon Park. Below: A black egret forages in the park’s pond habitat as seen from the park’s trail. Photos by Donna Deedy
in St. James at the Stony Brook Mill Pond are badly scarred. Some tree species are now suffering from disease. Griffiths said it is unlikely that the tree graffiti caused the problem. “But it certainly stresses trees and doesn’t help,” she said. The park has hired park rangers 24/7, which has helped curb the issue. The problem, however, continues. Many of the couples who have carved their initials in hearts, Griffiths notes, are likely no longer together. The tree damage, she said, is permanent.
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Avalon has carefully created meandering trails through five different wildlife habitats populated entirely with native fauna. The trails are an important part of its success-
ful land management strategy. Straying off those trails damages vegetation or disturbs communities of organisms beyond recovery. Wildlife ecosystems are often interdependent, and when you harm one species it can cause a chain reaction. Avalon has had to incorporate fencing to rope off the nesting areas of woodland ducks, for instance, because people were venturing off its boardwalk at the park’s main entrance into the pond’s edge. Griffiths said that the park’s managers prefer to leave nature unobstructed, but the fence became essential to protect the habitat. Dogs are welcomed at Avalon, but dog owners need to be mindful of picking up waste and keeping the animals on a leash. Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket, another privately owned public parkland,
“Remember we are guests,” Chapman said. “Just like when you’re visiting someone else’s home, you need to respect the surroundings when you visit parkland.” Suffolk County Legislator Robert Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) said that he visits and walks through Avalon once a month and has never seen a speck of garbage. “I love the fact that there’s no garbage cans,” he said. “It forces people to carry out any trash they bring in.” He’s looking forward to the park’s 70acre expansion. When completed sometime next year, the park’s trails will extend to the Long Island Sound waterfront. “The place is heaven on earth,” Trotta said.
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Police officers look to parents, motorists for help when it comes to reckless bicyclists BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Motorists are discovering a new trend and distraction on local roads. Across the North Shore, teenagers on bicycles have been playing chicken with cars — pedaling into oncoming traffic, swerving their bikes close to vehicles and popping wheelies in the middle of the road. Sometimes they are in pairs and other times in groups of up to a couple dozen. Children playing chicken with cars has become a hot topic in various Facebook community and parents groups. Members of the Smithtown Moms Facebook group have witnessed 20 children on bikes spreading out across Meadow Road in Kings Park, doing wheelies. In the Three Village area, junior high schoolers were seen cutting off cars at Bennetts Road and Route 25A and laughing about it.
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When it comes to the incidents, Suffolk County Police Department’s 4th Precinct is hoping to get ahead of potential injuries and fatalities in its community as well as the whole of Suffolk County. Officers have compiled a video with clips of teens creating havoc on streets such as Meadow Road in Kings Park, Commack Road near the entrance to Northern State Parkway in Commack and Lake Shore Drive in Lake Ronkonkoma. While the video includes clips from Smithtown, 4th Precinct officers said the cases can be used as examples at any precinct. The purpose is to use the video to educate parents after officers stop a youth for reckless bicycling. In these circumstances, the law enforcers confiscate bikes and bring the teenagers to the precinct. Parents are then called, according to Deputy Inspector Mark Fisher. He said many ask why the police department is putting so much effort into the trend. “The realities are it’s a tremendous danger,” Fisher said. “I would say it is as deadly as heroin. In some ways, on a particular day and time, because you are going in front of cars, and you are risking people-on-the-road’s lives. In a lot of ways, it’s a tremendously big deal, because if one 14-year-old gets killed or his life changes dramatically because he’s crippled for life. We want to avoid that.” Commanding Officer Michael Romagnoli said it’s not a new problem, but the number of incidents has increased over recent months. The police department does not want to dissuade people from riding their bikes, he said, they just want them to do it safely. “We’re not against them riding their bikes,” Romagnoli said. “Bicycling is actually a great sport. I’m not even opposed to the stunts provided that they are not doing it in the middle of a highway or a road. It’s not the location to do that. They are subject to vehicle and traffic regulations.”
Teenagers across the North Shore have been seen playing chicken with motorists by cycling into oncoming traffic, popping wheelies in the middle of the road and more. Photo from SCPD
Romagnoli said many teenagers might not realize how dangerous it is. “The control of the bicycle is the steering, the handlebars,” Romagnoli said. “Right now, they are relying on balance, and they are relying on a motorist not to hit them when they are doing that swerve. Because they can’t predict how the motorist is going to react to their actions.” Captain Karen Kolsch agreed. “They are not doing the stunts on the side of the road to see how long they can do a wheelie,” Kolsch said. “They’re going in front of traffic, trucks, cars. It’s like the thrill of being in that unsafe position that they’re looking for.” The officers said the intent of the 4th Precinct’s video, compiled by Officer Kelly Neeb, is to provide an opportunity to educate parents on how dangerous the situations are instead of punishing the riders. In turn, they are hoping the video will create a conversation between parents and teenagers. Just like many teens take to social media to post their stunts, Neeb takes to the same resources to see what the bicyclists are doing on roads and how parents are reacting to the tricks in Facebook groups. The officer even found one bicyclist post a flyer that was circulating on social media warning children and parents about the dangers. On the Instagram account 631vinny, the user posted about the flyer, “That’s funny. I can honestly care less.” “To them, it’s a big joke,” Neeb said. Recently, after the Meadow Road incident where the officers brought the group of bicyclists to the 4th Precinct, parents were upset at the officers when they first arrived to pick up their sons. Fisher said once they explained what the teenagers were doing on the roads, and they showed the parents the video, their anger subsided.
What parents can do
The officers said parents need to sit down with their children and ask who they are spending time with and discuss the rules of the road. Bicycles are treated as vehicles, and their handlers must follow the same laws as cars and trucks. “The last thing we want to do is go to a home and tell their parents that your child was struck by a vehicle,” Romagnoli said, adding an accident between a car and bicycle would be a tragedy to the motorist too. Romagnoli said as the sun goes down it becomes difficult for drivers to see with little to no adequate lighting on many roads. Due to this, bicyclists need to have lights or reflectors on their bikes, so they can be seen. The commanding officer added that to compound the problem, many riders are not wearing helmets. Fisher said parents should be aware that most rides start out harmless. “A lot of this starts as a bike ride, and then it progresses to the stunts,” Fisher said. “They want to outdo each other. They have some games where they get points for certain stunts.” Neeb also suggested that parents check their children’s social media activity from time to time since some post videos of their stunts or invitations to meet up. She said even conducting general research online can help parents educate themselves as to what is going on with young bicyclists. One YouTube account 631.BikeLife shows some of the stunts. Kolsch said it’s understandable that parents are glad to see their teens outside doing something physical and may not realize what they are up to. “They’re thinking they’re not sitting inside with the Xbox all day and so happy to see them doing something they think is good,” she said.
How motorists can be vigilant
The first step is for motorists to be aware that this is happening on local roadways, and the officers said drivers should treat reckless bicyclists as they would any other hazard in the road. Slow down, stop if you have to and let the hazard pass. They also said to call 911 and to be as descriptive as possible, including descriptions of bikers and bicycles, location, number of riders, if they were swerving, crossing double lines, standing on their bikes or anything else that will help officers. Romagnoli suggested treating an incident with a reckless bicyclist the same as “following behind someone who may be an intoxicated driver.” If pedestrians encounter problems with a bicyclist on a sidewalk or while they are crossing a road, they also should call 911. Motorists should avoid altercations with the bicyclists, and if an accident occurs, especially when a rider has been hit, Kolsch said drivers involved should not leave the scene and make sure to get all witnesses’ contact information. Anyone with information about such incidents also can call 631-852-COPS.
Spreading the word
In addition to the 4th Precinct officers open to sharing the video with other precincts, Fisher said they also are reaching out to school districts to see if they can show the video in schools to let parents know this is happening. The officers said while there can be incidents where bicyclists can be brought up on charges or parents can be fined, depending on what transpired and the age of the teenager, they’re hoping to avoid such a situation with the educational video. “We’re not looking to arrest people,” Kolsch said. “We’re looking to keep people safe.”
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Editorial Give bikers a chance
There was a time when we were all children, and while some of us may claim to have been perfect saints of juvenile life, many of us surely broke the rules. Long Island is a particularly strange place to grow up. Its suburbia is often bordered by mini-metropolitan areas, but for long stretches of the North Shore, there is nothing but roads and the trees that border them. That brings us to the bikers, the terrors of the streets. Pedals pumping, wheels in the air, driving in and around traffic, these young bikers have left an impression on local Facebook groups, to say the least. We hope parents will have a conversation with their children about bicycle safety relating to our article in this week’s edition of the paper. But what has changed to create this fad of running bicycles in dense areas? Really, has anything changed? There’s been no new bike technology that makes popping a wheelie easier. There’s no singular popular figure emphasizing kids take their bikes to the streets. In fact, you would likely have a harder time finding a house on Long Island that doesn’t have at least one bike in its garage. The thing is, there is no real safe place for the youth to ride their bikes in this manner. If a person started biking from Rocky Point, it would take traveling all the way to Huntington or Riverhead just to find a single skate park that can accommodate a more adventurous biker than hike and bike trails can handle. That’s not to mention just how dangerous our roads truly are. According to a 2015 report, seven out of 10 of New York state’s most dangerous roads are right here on Long Island, including such roads as Route 25. Not to give any sort of pass to the young people playing chicken with a vehicle four times its size with twice as many wheels, but the case of these bicyclists is just one story that is the saga for youth having nothing to occupy them on the North Shore. No, the kids should not be allowed to bike in and out of traffic, intimidating those behind the wheel. They are a danger to themselves and others, but ask what they should be doing instead? There is a significant lack of skate parks in which people can ride their bikes. The Rails to Trails project, which will create a hiking and biking trail from Wading River to Mount Sinai, is a good start, but we still do not have a confirmed date when that project will begin, let alone at which end of the trail construction will kick off. There is also the Greenway Trail from Port Jefferson Station through Setauket, but again, that will only scratch the itch of those into a relatively leisurely ride. For years now, kids on the North Shore have had very little in terms of outdoor sports for those who are not into the classic school-based team sports. Perhaps it’s time North Shore parents, officials and business leaders think about finding a better place for those kids to bike, where they won’t drive into traffic. There is obviously a market for it. Or maybe we should start an organization like the Peace Corps, only local in scope, to encourage our young to aid the elderly and the needy. All that youthful energy could be put to a more noble purpose.
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Are nonwhite Trump backers racist We’ve now had a letter to the editor unequivocally claiming more than 60 million Americans are “racist” or have “racist tendencies.” The criteria, according to Susan Blake in her July 25 letter, “Choices define who we are,” is as simplistic as her name calling. All you have to do to qualify is support “this Trump administration.” Sue’s deemed him a bigot, so if you refuse to agree with her, you “cannot ... claim you are not a racist.” One could imagine how this crystal clear, sweeping defamation might come as a surprise to the millions of “nonwhites” who voted for and support President Donald Trump [R]. It’s highly
likely they don’t see their political choices as making them bigoted against their own race. There may be any number of good reasons for that. With black people, Hispanics and Asians enjoying historically low unemployment, it could be they’ve seen family, friends and neighbors uplifted through work. Latinos, especially here on Long Island, perhaps think their community has been made safer and benefited significantly from the crackdown on MS-13. If you’re a black minister or preacher who’s given tearful witness to a stunningly disproportionate percentage of black babies being aborted,
it could be you are buoyed with a powerful message supporting life in the womb. For most, it’s probably simply a matter of men and women making electoral and life choices they feel will improve things for themselves and their loved ones. Sadly, it appears Susan Blake, surely “a freethinking person,” made no such allowances for minorities, who might freely disagree with her. Instead, she unceremoniously lumped them in with all those horrible, irredeemable, deplorables, thusly defaming all nonwhite Americans who support the president as racists. Jim Soviero East Setauket
A patient-owned health care alternative A recent discussion about Medicare for all must be applauded for its socially responsible, tax-supported approach to universal health care. This would circumvent having commercial entities choose profitability over health care expenditures. Unfortunately, it would also diminish both health care quality and Medicare solvency. Hospital and provider systems negotiate commercial reimbursements that are as much as two to three times Medicare rates in order to cover losses incurred by caring for Medicare, Medicaid and nonpaying patients. Increased life expectancy has lengthened the period of senior Medicare coverage by seven years beyond its intended duration when the program was initiated in 1965. Extending its solvency beyond 2026 would actually require reducing the projected number of new enrollees by increasing eligibility to an actuarially responsible age. Including millions of new uninsured individuals would significantly increase every taxpayer’s tax burden. Medicaid, the other socialized
government health care program, is supported by state and local governments and must continue to provide a safety net for citizens who can neither qualify for government programs nor afford other forms of insurance. An alternate use of tax-deductible health care premiums would be to create a low-cost, patient-owned plan that leaves participating patients and providers responsible for medical decisions without commercial intrusion. Participating providers and institutions would agree to follow Medicare’s rules and regulations, and its resource-based relative value scale fee structure. It would be established as a high deductible catastrophic plan with a mandatory health savings account. Reimbursements would be fixed at whatever multiple of the Medicare rates are needed to cover the costs of providing quality care. Imagine the savings in profits and unnecessary office personnel after eliminating bureaucratic profit-oriented commercial insurance procedures.
All noncatastrophic care would be paid out-of-pocket, and HSA funds would be available, if needed, for payments after deductibles are met. Add a flexible spending account and out-of-pocket expenses largely disappear. Upon reaching Medicare eligibility, a percentage of the unused premium contributions would be redirected to Medicare rather than being left on the table for commercial profit. Accumulated health savings would be available for supplemental Medicare insurance, long-term care and pharmaceutical expenses. Similar to life insurance, an actuarially based premium would need to be calculated for applicants with pre-existing conditions. Some individuals might prefer a managed care product or choose to add third-party commercial coverage. Health care programs for Americans would then include: the new patient-owned alternative, commercial insurance products, Medicare and Medicaid. Al Cossari Port Jefferson
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Opinion
Taking our senses on a trip to a LI beach
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efore the summer ends, go to the beach and close your eyes. Most of us are visually dominant, so we go somewhere like West Meadow Beach and look at everything from the boats and ferries out on the Long Island Sound to the young children running back and forth in and out of the water to the light sparkling across the waves. While all of D. None those are spectacof the above ular sensory stimBY DANIEL DUNAIEF uli, they are only a part of experiences we might otherwise take for granted at a local beach.
Our ears can and do pick up so many seasonal cues. We might hear a seagull calling from the top of a bathroom hut to birds flying along the shore. Apart from the music that emanates from phones and radios along the crowded beach, we can hear the wind rustling through umbrellas, the sound of a young couple laughing about the ridiculous thing their friend did the night before, or the splashes a skimming rock makes as it gets farther away from shore. On a day with limited visibility, we can listen to boats calling to each other with their deep horns. Our skin is awash in cues. As clouds float overhead, we appreciate the incredible temperature difference between the sun and the shade. Combined with a sudden gust of wind, our skin feels unexpectedly cool as we wait for that same wind to escort the cloud away. We take off our shoes and allow our feet, which carry the rest of our bodies hither and yon, to appreciate other textures. We dig our
toes into the warm sand and lift our heels, allowing the grains of sand to trickle back to join their granule brethren. We walk to the edge of the water and feel as if we’ve left the office, the shop, the lawn or the screaming kids far away. The lower water temperature draws away the heat that’s built up inside of us. If the surf kicks up, we can slide into the soft sand, sinking up to our ankles in the moistness. Our feet can appreciate the fixed ripples on a sandbar that are smooth, soft and uneven. As we walk up the beach, we can test the ability of our soles to manage through rocks often smoothed over by years of wave and water. We bend our knees more than normal to cushion the impact of a hard or uneven rock. Our noses anticipate the beach before we leave the house. We lather coconut-scented sunscreen on our bodies and across our faces. As we get closer to the beach, we may pick up
the marshy whiff of low tide. When we pull into a hot parking lot, the sweet and familiar ocean spray fills our lungs. Once we’re swimming, our taste buds recognize the enormous difference between the waters of the Sound and a chlorinated pool. When we leave the sea, we head to the warm blanket or towel to partake of foods we associate with the beach, like the sandwiches we picked up at the deli on the way over, the refreshing iced tea or the crispy potato chips. We saunter over to the ice cream truck, looking at a menu we’ve known for years. While we scan the offerings, we lick our lips and imagine the taste of the selections, trying to get those small bumps on our tongues to help us with the decision. We know how fortunate we are when the most difficult decision we have to make resolves around choosing the right ice cream to cap off a day that reminds us of the pleasures of living on Long Island.
How to make money in this economy Amid the talk of a quarter-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve is the worry that the economy, doing well the past few years, may be heading into recession. Typically, the Fed cuts the rate, making money easier to come by, when recession looms. This makes it easier for business people to take loans to expand their businesses and encourages would-be homeowners to take out mortgages. But we are not living through a typical scenario. Rates are already low. Business is already humming along, the GDP or gross domestic product is expanding although more Between slowly than last you and me year, and doesn’t BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF appear to need a
stimulus. Unemployment is remarkably low, which usually triggers higher wages, which in turn can trigger inflation, which then prompts a rate hike, not a cut. But that also isn’t the case. So what does the Fed know that we don’t? Perhaps it’s just time for a recession to begin. After all, it’s been 10 years since the end of the Great Recession, which makes this the longest expansion in America’s history. Recessions do come. If we knew when, we could sell our stocks at their high and wait to buy our real estate at their low. The thing is, no one knows how to time the economy. But this past Monday, in The New York Times Business section, there were four indicators listed that could sound the alarm. And lest you think not a lot of people care, just know that this was the best read article in the newspaper that day. So if you missed the indicators, I will share them with you now. First tip-off could be from the unemployment rate. Even a tiny increase can be a telltale. When
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this rate rises quickly a recession is near or has already begun. But even a 0.3 percent increase in the rate over the low of the past 12 months is significant, and a 0.5 percent jump probably means we are already in recession. Now, however, the rate is not only low, it is trending downward. Historically that means a less than a one-in-10 chance of recession within a year. The second indicator is the yield curve, about which I have written earlier in the year. When the interest rate on a 10-year Treasury bond is lower than the rate on a three-month bond, the yield is considered inverted. Just think about it. Wouldn’t the risk of tying up your money for a longer period be greater than for a short term? And if the risk for a longer period is greater, shouldn’t you be compensated with a higher interest rate? But no. That’s not the case. Longer term Treasuries have been offering the lower rates. In the past, however, “it has taken as long as two years for a recession to follow a yield-curve inversion,” according to The Times.
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The third marker is the Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Index, which is a survey of purchasing managers about their orders, inventories, hiring and other operating activities. When that index reads above 50, the manufacturing sector of the economy is growing; below it is contracting. This is a report that comes out the first of every month and is a leading indicator. But remember, manufacturing no longer drives the American economy. And with the global economic slowdown we are seeing and the trade tariff battles, the index may start to descend. Last but certainly not least is consumer sentiment, which makes up some two-thirds of the economy. If we are not spending, the economy is not growing. A decline of 15 percent or more in the consumer confidence index would be worrisome. In that regard, so far so good. The index is pretty much the same as a year ago, although it has fallen since late last year. So where are we? Your guess is as good as mine. Good luck to us.
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County
Gardens offer solutions to public health concerns BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM They buzz and flutter and are disappearing from Long Island’s environment. Pollinators, bees and butterflies are in decline on Long Island and nationwide, a situation that experts say is threatening the food supply. Ladybugs, too, are a threatened population. To help address a range of human health concerns, Executive Director of Long Island Native Plant Initiative Polly Weigand aims to repopulate the Island’s communities with native species plants and shrubs to re-establish important lost habitat for pollinators. “Native plants provide food and habitat for wildlife,” Weigand said. “And it reduces the need for pesticides, fertilizers and irrigation, ultimately protecting Long Island’s groundwater supply.” Avalon Park & Preserve in Stony Brook and St. James is a big supporter of the initiative. The site’s 140 acres were restored to include only native plants and shrubs. As it expands to 210 acres, it’s repopulating the land with a palette of native flora. Homeowners can also take part in the movement. Creating native habitats in your own landscape contributes solutions to many serious concerns and therefore, can be rewarding for Long Islanders. “Protecting Long Island’s aquifer — the sole source of all our drinking water — is critically important,” said Seth Wallach, community outreach coordinator for Suffolk County Water Authority. “We also strongly encourage all Long Islanders to visit www.OurWaterOurLives.com to learn how they can help, and take the pledge to conserve water.”
The native solution
The first step for any landscape project, Weigand said, is to identify the light, soil and water conditions. “When you plant native species in the right location, that’s it,” she said. Milkweed and asters are two very versatile plants to consider, she added. The milkweed’s leaves provide habitat for Monarch butterfly eggs and forage for the caterpillar. Its blossoms can also provide nectar once the caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Butterfly metamorphosis, a miraculous process to witness, can potentially take place in your own yard. “People plant gardens for butterflies but perhaps they could consider planting gardens or areas for caterpillars,” Dan Gilrein, entomologist at Cornell Cooperative Extension. “This might help support some butterfly populations as well as help birds, many of which include some caterpillars as a large part of their
diet, and many caterpillars are quite beautiful and interesting.” Three of Long Island’s more abundant native milkweed varieties include common milkweed, butterfly milkweed and swamp milkweed. Common milkweed and butterfly weed are good choices for sunny and dry locations. The swamp and butterfly weed habit grows in clumps, whereas the common milkweed is a rhizome that tends to spread across larger areas through an underground root system. Goldenrod is also a good choice, she said. “It’s a myth that it causes allergies,” Weigand said. “Goldenrod pollen is not dispersed by wind.” For shrubs, bayberry is a nice option. Its fragrance lingers on your fingertips after touching it and evokes the scent of a beach vacation. It’s also beneficial to birds. “Its waxy fruit is crucial high-energy food for migrating birds in the fall,” Weigand said. Choke berries and service berries are also good landscape options. Aronia not only flowers in the spring and displays bright foliage in the fall, Weigand said, its berries are edible and is similar to the acai, which has become a popular breakfast food. Long Island Native Plant Initiative operates a website chock full of information with images on native plants (www.linpi.org). The nursery
sells both wholesale and retail. Weigand encourages people to request native plants at your local garden center to help create demand. “I love sitting and watching the many
different types of pollinators attracted to native plants,” Weigand said. She recommends observing and learning to appreciate the show. “It’s native plant television.”
Clockwise from bottom: A honey bee drinks nectar and transports pollen through the process. Monarch caterpillar eats milkweed, its only food source. The caterpillar then forms its chrysalis on the underside of the milkweed leaf before it emerges as a butterfly. Butterfly drinks nectar from the milkweed. Free milkweed plants are available for educatoinal projects and restoration projects larger than 2 acres. https://monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs/milkweed/ free-milkweeds/ Photos by Polly Weigand