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 [...]

Dock on the Bay meeting July 10th

From Dave Bergen: I wanted to provide everyone with the latest update on meetings concerning docks on the bays. I received notification today that there has been a meeting scheduled for this Thursday July 10 at 9 AM in the Town Hall Annex. Invited to the meeting are all Town Board members, all Trustees plus [...]

Dock Hearing: Tues May 20th, 4.45pm

WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 22nd day of April 2008 a Local Law entitled “A Local Law in Relation to a One Hundred and Eighty (180) day Moratorium on the Processing, Review of, and Making Decisions on Dock Applications (new [...]

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 [...]

A Workshop on the Impact of Small Docks

The Town of Southold Conservation Advisory Council Presents a Workshop with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) -National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management   THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND AESTHETIC IMPACTS OF SMALL DOCKS AND OTHER SHORELINE STRUCTURES

County Bay Bottom Lease Hearing

A hearing was held by the committee drafting the county legislation to grant leases to aquaculturalists to grow oysters in some areas of Peconic and Gardiners Bays. The hearing was held at Riverhead Town Hall Thurs night, April 17th 2008, and baymen from all over Suffolk voiced their concerns over the lack of a provision [...]

Slow Going on Wetlands

Copyright 2007 Times/Review Newspapers Corp. Reprinted with permission Changes to Chapter 275 are examined closely at meeting By Julie Lane Southold Town Board members are prepared to approve changes to Chapter 275 of the wetlands code when they meet Tuesday, but with the caveat that trustees continue to hammer away at the more substantive changes [...]

Call for Reconciliation Task Force

Paul and Phyllis Torpey believe the very least we need to accomplish on 12/4 is to get the Town Board to formally establish a task force of stakeholders and regulators to hammer out an updated draft of Local Law Chapter 275, incorporating as much as possible (and repairing language) of the issues addressed by the [...]

Wetlands Hearing on Tuesday

Are you attending the meeting? Click here to let us know and take the 1 minute survey ___________________________________________________ Suffolk Times Article November 29th – Wetlands hearing Tuesday SoutholdVOICE rallying around changes to Ch. 275 By Eileen Duffy A public hearing on changes to the town’s wetlands code will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at [...]

Chapter 275 – the 5 minute public hearing

Members may not be aware that The Suffolk Times Legal Notices lists the following Public Hearings on Dec 4th: 275 Amendment – 7:35 PM Operation of a Transfer Station – 7:40 PM Shellfish and other Marine Resources – 7:45 PM

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