Standing in front of wetland foliage in its resplendent fall color peak, environmentalists and elected officials will rally for the final time in support of four environmental bond acts on the ballot November 2 in Nassau and Suffolk and in Brookhaven and Oyster Bay.

Nassau voters will be asked to support the $50 million Nassau Open Space, Clean Water Environmental Program. Oyster Bay voters can vote both for the $50 million Nassau Bond Act and the $30 million SEA Fund II Bond Act.

The environmental funding will cost taxpayers 59 cents per month per household in Nassau. "It's a bargain at many times the price," said Lisa Ott, Executive Director of the North Shore Land Alliance, a leading supporter of the bond initiatives.

According to environmentalists, the measures will protect drinking water, preserve open space and farmland, protect bays and harbors and enhance and add new parks and recreational facilities.

Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi said, "Nassau needs to preserve its dwindling supply of open space and farmland to maintain quality-of-life." Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said, "On Election Day, Suffolk voters can make sure we remain at the vanguard of land preservation by approving the Save Open Space Bond, which will provide $75 million in funding to continue our land preservation efforts. This bond will keep our farmland and open space programs alive in a time of relentless development pressure."

Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto said, "A 'Yes!' vote will extend the highly-popular and very successful SEA Fund I to provide more open space and parks for town residents. It's truly a 'Yes! Yes!, Win-Win' proposition."

The Bond Acts would provide $255 million for environmental programs all of which would be overseen by local committees to ensure that only the most worthy parcels are preserved and that government pays the fair market value of the property and no more.

"This is one of Long Island's last chances to protect drinking water for our children and grandchildren for our future" said Richard Amper, Executive Director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, "and we'll be preserving the last vestiges of Long Island's precious natural heritage from our past."