Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, wrote a letter to newly named EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday, saying current federal policies for dealing with the disease have ...

FILE - Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, carries a female duck used for breeding in one of several barns on his property, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) ...

AQUEBOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family’s commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or lethargic birds during a barn inspection in ...

AQUEBOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family’s commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or lethargic ...

FILE - Pierce Corwin, son of Crescent Duck Farm owner Doug Corwin, coaxes hundreds of two-day-old ducklings inside a barn on the farm, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014.

FILE - Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, carries a female duck used for breeding in one of several barns on his property, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) ...