Persistance Pays Off

If you’ve ever tried to get a permit to dredge an inlet or a channel, even if it was just to maintain an existing one, you’ll be able to relate to this almost decade-long saga. If you’re just thinking of it, this will give you some idea of what kind of challenge you are facing. [...]

Human or Avian pollution – does it matter?

Letter to the Editor: “As a person well-versed in environmental law and water quality regulations, I would like to respond to comments made in the Discussion Group. Fecal coliform, whether human or animal-generated, can cause health problems. While it is possible to tell whether the bacteria are from humans or animals, the fact is that [...]

Choked Inlet Deprives Fish of Essential Oxygen

Letter to the Editor: “We live on Cedar Beach Road in Southold. We own waterfront property across the street from our home and maintain a dock for two of our neighbors and ourselves. The area is known as Dryad’s Basin and it is extremely difficult for us to get our boat out of this basin [...]

Southold Town Resolution on Dredging

Members of SoutholdVOICE should consider volunteering for this Committee ________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS there has occurred over the last year, confusion between government entities including the County of Suffolk, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the United States army Corp. of Engineers with respect to dredging applications for creeks within the Town of Southold, [...]

Why aren’t creeks in Suffolk County being dredged?

According to an article by Bill Bleyer in Newsday, Suffolk County had plans to dredge 23 creeks, inlets and rivers to remove built-up sand that restricts access to open water, but the plans got stuck in bureaucratic mud. Apparently the environmental studies required by federal agencies, whose approval is critical, were never performed by the [...]