Habitat restoration is a wet and dirty job. Volunteers gathered at Great Pond in Southold on Friday morning to plant native species and help restore water quality and wetland habitat. The effort is a collaboration among the Group for the East End, the Kenney’s/McCabe’s Beach Civic Association and Southold Town. The plantings included bayberry, little bluestem, buttonbush, marsh hibiscus, beachgrass, swamp rose and...

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