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The Carmans River is a 10-mile (16 km) long river in Brookhaven, New York in Suffolk County on Long Island. It is one of the four largest rivers on Long Island and is similar to other Long Island rivers in that is totally groundwater generated (e.g., no lakes), although a lake did exist long ago. [ 1 ]
The Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge is located on the south shore of Long Island and is one of the undeveloped estuary systems on Long Island. In 1947, Maurice Wertheim donated 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) on eastern Long Island to the United States government; the donated land subsequently became the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge.
Pine Barrens in Rocky Point. In the 1970s the State of New York began acquiring large parcels to create a greenbelt.The federal government at Brookhaven National Laboratory transferred 2,300 acres (9 km 2) in 1971 and RCA transferred 7,200 acres (29 km 2) around Rocky Point in 1978 (for a cost of $1).
Connetquot River State Park Preserve is a 3,473-acre (14.05 km 2) state park [1] and conservation area in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York in the United States. . The park contains the Long Island Environmental Interpretive Center as well as the Southside Sportsmens Club District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1
The park is open again. The day use and campground areas of the Otter River State Forest in Baldwinville have reopened to the public effective immediately, officials with the state Department of ...
He was then granted permission to dam the Carmans River to build a mill across the street from his house. The construction of this mill in 1739 was considered the founding date of the Hamlet of Yaphank. [8] In the mid-18th century, John Homan built two mills along the Carmans River, which runs directly through the center of the town.
By 1972 the club had produced The Carmans River Story: A Natural and Human History, [13] which helped designate the river as one of the first Wild, Scenic and Recreational rivers in New York state. [14]
Gill State Forest: Mountains Avery: 474 acres (1.92 km 2) [3] Not open to the general public Headwaters State Forest: Mountains Transylvania: 6,730 acres (27.2 km 2) [4] Open year-round Holmes Educational State Forest: Mountains Henderson: 235 acres (0.95 km 2) [1] Open year-roud Jordan Lake Educational State Forest: Piedmont Chatham: 900 acres ...