SoutholdVOICE Inc. is a not-for-profit organization of waterfront property owners and others interested in the use, enjoyment and preservation of Southold's extensive waterfront. The organization promotes awareness of issues affecting shoreline and marine resources to further cooperation between responsible use, regulatory protection, and the rights of riparian owners for the ultimate benefit of our community.
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Annual Meeting July 18th
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Southold Recreation Center, Peconic Lane, Peconic, NY
Saturday July 18th from 8.30am to 11.30am
The first half hour or so is tentatively planned for a “meet and greet”, to give everyone an opportunity to chat with other SoutholdVOICE members and the Board.
Please make a point of attending [...]
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Governor gets Final Report
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Around 1pm today, April 8th 2009, Jeff Herter of the Department of State announced that the Governor and Legislature have now received the final report from the New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council on how best to protect NY’s oceans and lakes [...]
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Hashamomuck Pond - Meeting Tuesday April 7th, 6pm
The Peconic Estuary Program (PEP) has invited Hashamomuck Pond watershed property owners to a meeting Tuesday April 7th 6pm for briefing on the ecosystem and planned stormwater reduction projects, including steps you can take around your home. Owners are being asked to fill out an intrusive survey. Why should you care? Because maybe your creek is next. Find out more here.
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New Dock Standards
The Dock moratorium expired again on Feb. 19 and the Planning Board Office has put out a one page standard for the construction of docks in Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay. John Kramer FOILED the map overlays and we now have them on this site.
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Only Rain in the Drain!
Southold VOICE announces a new campaign in collaboration with the Town of Southold. Permanent aluminum medallions are being affixed to selected roadside drains throughout the town as a reminder to all citizens that fertilizers and toxins should not be allowed in the drains. Can you help?
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Friday August 21st Party!
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Annual Summer Party
Friday August 21st 2009
7pm to 11pm
Touch of Venice
Mattituck
More information soon……..
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Silt Plume in Long Creek
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Long Creek, NY
Copy of Letter sent to Mark Terry
Mr. Terry,
Attached is a photo that best shows the silt plume after a rain. The photo was taken Nov 11, 2006.
It seems to me, that whether ag related or not, the largest, most obvious sources should be controlled first before looking to home owners.
It also occurs to me by watching a new home being built on Long Creek that the Trustees required a non-disturbance barrier be constructed to prevent soil runoff into the creek. Yet, the ag runoff illustrated in the attached photo remains the principal and most egregious input to the creek on each significant rain.
Gunther Geiss
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