Workshop Report: Environmental and Aesthetic Impacts of Small Docks

The stated purpose of the workshop was to make available to the public the latest info, scientific studies, experience and expertise of coastal resource managers of NOAA, because we of Southold Town are working together to address the challenges, needs, desires and rights of all to practice responsible stewardship and develop a long term strategy [...]

Boating season is just around the corner

It won’t be long before we get the boats ready for launching.  A sure sign of spring is when we see the navigation bouys  reappear in the creeks.  Perhaps this is a good time to think about the condition and placement location of the nav aids in your creek.  Are any missing?  Is there a [...]

Trustees Q&A: Feb 27th 2008

Trustee Work Session February 7th 2008 Stormwater Runoff Our Question: Is there a priority list in the Town to remediate runoff sites? How can we we gain access to that? What factors are used to set those priorities? Trustees Answer: A list is available at the Trustees Office. To best understand the process, please go [...]

Dredging Starts Monday

SoutholdVOICE is happy to confirm that dredging is about to start on schedule on October first. They will be starting in Budds Pond on Monday. Budds Pond had permits already in place so it was not on the new list of required permits. It was already on the Town and County list. As it is [...]

Aground at the Entrance to Deep Hole Creek

Steven Bellavia writes: I live on Deep Hole Creek in Mattituck. I would like to volunteer whatever time and services I could to help promote and protect our water and adjacent properties. Deep Hole Creek, like others, needs dredging. I was hard aground sitting directly between the red and green buoy at the creek entrance [...]

Pipe’s Creek Water Quality Improving

Letter from Bill and Chris Eisenreich, reprinted with kind permission: We are property owners on Pipe’s Creek, in Greenport, and belong to Peconic Bay Estates Homeowners’ Association. After reviewing some of the topics on the website, our concerns are: The complicated permit application for the Trustees. It was fairly straightforward for our initial building in [...]

Pipe’s Creek Water Quality Improving

Letter from Bill and Chris Eisenreich, reprinted with kind permission: We are property owners on Pipe’s Creek, in Greenport, and belong to Peconic Bay Estates Homeowners’ Association. After reviewing some of the topics on the website, our concerns are: The complicated permit application for the Trustees. It was fairly straightforward for our initial building in [...]

Navigation Hazard

Dave Bergen reports that the Coast Guard has removed and not yet replaced, the ROCK BUOY ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROBINS ISLAND. SOMEONE PUT A FLOATING PINK JUG TO MARK THE AREA OF THE ROCK BUT STAY CLEAR OF THAT AREA, ONE SAILBOAT HAS HIT IT ALREADY. John Kramer Stay tuned by subscribing to [...]