Summer Gator 2013 Peconic River Long Island
Long Island, NY- State environmental officials are on the lookout for an alligator spotted near the Connecticut Avenue boat ramp along the Peconic River in Calverton.”We got the first report Sunday night. It was confirmed, seen by our officers, Wednesday,” Aphrodite Montalvo, a spokeswoman for the Long Island office of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said Friday.
The sighting is in the same area where DEC officials captured four young alligators in April, she said.