2009 Dredging Update

The 2009 dredging season has begun.  The dredge has been working over on the south shore for a few weeks now.  They need to get Cold Spring, Fresh and North Sea done before they come over to Southold.  The good news is that I received word today that the permit for Budd Pond (Port of [...]

How to transfer a Trustee permit from seller to buyer

Trustee Dave Bergen explains the new process I have heard from many property owners the frustration which they have experienced regarding the transfer of Trustee permits from a seller to a buyer of property.  I have worked with my fellow Trustees to address this issue in two parts. First, effective immediately, when someone wishes to [...]

Ecosystem-Based Management

Join the forum discussion on this post – (2) Posts Report by Dave Bergen on the Ecosystem-Based Management Seminar, Feb 26th in Greenport First off, I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but like the program, the information was (is) very complex, complicated and difficult in some ways to grasp. I attended [...]

What it takes to get the job done

Dave Bergen explains how processing dredge permits by the Army Corp and DEC for Mud Creek in Cutchogue became delayed, and with the dredge window closing December 15th, the pressure was on. If you see the dredge crew at work this week, please take them a cup of coffee! To read Dave’s post, and to see what the original permits look like, click the title or “Latest News” above, and post comments on the message board.

2008 Dredging Season

We ran into challenges with the DEC, but with the assistance of Ken LaValle and Marc Alessi, SCDPW received today a ten year permit for Little Creek. This was great news as in the past, DEC permits were limited to five year. With this permit, Little Creek now has an Army Corp permit going out to 2017 and DEC going out to 2018.