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| | The Nature Conservancy - Great South Bay, New York |
 | | The Nature Conservancy in October 2002 entered a new frontier in marine conservation with the acquisition of 11,500 acres along the bottom of the Great South Bay, off Long Island, New York. |
 | | A comprehensive water management program has been developed for the Great South Bay, including restoration, research and education, sustainable aquaculture and an area that is a nature sanctuary. |
 | | Peconic Bay, New York: The Conservancy has partnered with local groups to create five clam spawning sanctuaries, and planted a total of approximately 500,000 clams and 100,000 scallops, to help combat the onset of brown tide, an algae phenomena that destroys water quality and devastates the local aquaculture industry. |
| www.nature.org /success/greatsouthbay.html (578 words) |
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