Oyster Bay Listed As Endangered Refuge

By FRANK ELTMAN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, October 5, 2005; 8:05 PM

COVE NECK, N.Y. -- The Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge, near Theodore Roosevelt's summer White House, is among the nation's 10 most endangered wildlife refuges, according to a new report from an environmental group.

The area was on the second annual list because of environmental threats from storm water runoff and sewage discharge from motorboats, as well as inadequate septic systems, the Washington-based environmental group Defenders of Wildlife said.

Defenders of Wildlife chose to announce its list at Sagamore Hill on Long Island, citing the irony that a refuge just steps from the home of one of the nation's best-known environmentalists was considered endangered.

Roosevelt preserved some 230 million acres of federal land, including the Grand Canyon. He created the nation's first wildlife refuges and national monuments, and added greatly to its national parks and national forests. <snip>

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now they want to place a huge LNG facility in the sound as well. An organization called Friends of the Bay has been fighting to protect this environmentally sensitive area.

www.friendsofthebay.org