The Hills is a proposed golf course and residential development on 594 acres of virgin Pine Barren forest. The land is the largest swath of undeveloped land left on the east end of Long Island. The land also sits on top of the Core Preservation Area and the Critical Resource Area. It was zoned to one home per five acres for this reason.

Now, the Discovery Land Group is pressuring the Town of Southampton to change the zoning so it can destroy 30 years of environmental stewardship in the name of exclusive golf and resort homes. Apparently they have made inroads with Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst because she is taking steps never seen before to push the development through, including throwing roadblocks in front of the Pine Barrens Commission - a board on which she sits.

The whole things stinks, but it's going to stink a lot worse if we let Discovery pollute our aquifer. This is a serious issue at a critical juncture. To preserve the ecology of the East End - to reverse the algae blooms killing millions of fish in our bays - we must act now. Please sign this petition to tell our government officials that we will not accept the contamination of our land and water at any cost.