From Scully

Know a Good Scientist?

Seatuck is teaming up with the Environmental Defense Fund to create a new scientist position to work on coastal fisheries issues on Long Island.  The position will focus on efforts to restore migratory fish habitat (for species such as alewife) and on other issues related to improving our many coastal tributaries and marshes.  The work will follow-up on and, in many ways, continue the work of EDF scientist Jake Kritzer, who recently moved home to Boston to work in EDF's New England office.  While based in New York, Jake did some great work with regard to Long Island issues, especially in spearheading efforts to improve alewife populations and install fish ladder on dams in the Carmens River.  

While we've only secured funding for one year at this point, we're hopeful that we'll be able to continue the work and even make the position permanent.  Long Island's coastal fisheries -- and the rivers and salt marshes on which they rely -- can certainly use the help!  Please pass word of the job on to anyone you know who might be interested.  A full job description can be found here.  The application deadline is September 15th.

Thanks for your help!

Enrico

It's Official!!!!

As those of you who have been following Seatuck's saga know, we have been working for years to secure our involvement in the future of the Scully Sanctuary. Despite the fact that we played a central role in protecting the 70-acre property in 2003 and in making it the future home of the Suffolk County Nature Center (and even despite the name of this blog), our continued involvement in the undertaking has always been somewhat hypothetical and our relationship to the county uncertain.  That is ... until now.

I'm excited and pleased (and very relieved) to report that, after years of negotiation, Seatuck has a final and fully-executed Custodial License Agreement for Scully.  The more-than-60-page document makes official what we have been talking about for years -- that Seatuck will be offering our educational programs and operating the Suffolk County Nature Center at the Scully Sanctuary for many, many years to come.

While it will still be several months until renovations are complete and the nature center is ready for the public, the signing of the contract will finally make it possible for us to get people in to see the place, schedule some on-site nature walks, and get volunteers involved.  We might even throw a celebration party (or two)!  Keep an eye on this blog for updates and opportunities - we welcome your involvement.

Thanks to all for your patience with Seatuck over the past four or five years.  It's been a long wait, but it should be a fun ride from here on out!

Officially "from Scully" for the first time,

Enrico