Long Island is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, Peconic Bay, and a network of estuaries, tidal creeks, marshes, and inlets. Depending on how smaller embayments and shoreline segments are counted, Nassau and Suffolk together contain well over 1,000 miles of tidal shoreline. That waterfront is one of the region’s defining natural assets, … Continue reading Environmental & Coastal Statistics on Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk Counties)