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Video Gallery
Friends of Connetquot Lecture Series - Saturday, June 19, 2010
Speaker:Harry W. Havemeyer, author of "Along the Great South Bay: From Oakdale to Babylon The Story of a Summer Spa 1840 to 1940." Harry Havemeyer is a four generation summer resident of the town of Islip. His ancestors first rented a cottage in 1884 and in 1889 bought a home in Islip.
Topic:
The Cultural History of the Southside Sportsmen’s
Club.
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Friends of Connetquot Lecture Series - Saturday, March 27, 2010
Speaker: Gary Lawton, Regional Environmental
Manager, L.I. State Park Region
Topic:
The Natural History of Connetquot River State Park
Preserve
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Connetquot's Hidden Histories
Take a tour through
Connetquot State Park Preserve with Gil Bergen and
learn some very interesting and little known facts
about the history of the park.
Tour/History of the Reserve
Gil Bergen, Park Manager of
the Connetquot River State Park Reserve presents a
tour of the Reserve and also offers insight on
some of its historical significance in this 5
minute, 57 second video.
Electrofishing at Connetquot State Park
In this Newsday video,
Chart Guthrie, the DEC Regional Fisheries Manager of Long Island discusses Electrofishing in the Connetquot
River, part of which includes testing for IPN in the
river.
Closing the Hatchery and IPN
Richard Remmer presents a video about the hatchery and IPN.