Cedar Beach Parking lot – a dump for the Cornell Marine Center

The Cornell Marine Center at Cedar Beach is a valuable asset to Southold, providing educational and research facilities in marine biology.  The facility fronts on what used to be the creek entrance – now blocked by the decrepit parking lot for Cedar Beach Park.  The parking lot, owned and (not) maintained by the county, has [...]

Cedar Beach is Eroding

Some years ago the osprey pole pictured here was 50 feet inland.  Today at high tide it is 15 feet out in Peconic Bay.  What has happened?  Obviously the sand has washed away.  That is because the Southeastern face of Great Hog Neck forms a race with Jessup’s neck on the South Fork and a [...]

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 [...]

Volunteers needed for Horseshoe Crab monitoring

  Volunteers are needed to collect data on mating horseshoe crabs for the 4 days on and near the full moon, June 18, and the new and full moons in July. Dr. John Tanacredi of Dowling College is organizing a collection of data in order to know the numbers of this species. They are harvested [...]

Call to Action – Area Coordinators

Why do we need Area Coordinators? Because we want you to be part of our success! We are experiencing an enthusiastic growth in membership from people with diverse interests. We are receiving unique requests that are specific to some Southold Communities. SoutholdVOICE wants to be able to answer those questions with knowledge and experience, and [...]

Dredging – the video

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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 [...]

Dredging Permits Released!

  The Southold Trustees are happy to inform you that the Army Corp released permits for five locations today, two of which are in Southold. Released were Cedar Beach Inlet and Little Creek. Also released were North Sea Harbor in Southampton, Fresh Pond in Southampton, and Miamogue in Riverhead. We expect the DEC to follow [...]

Dredging Progress Despite Bureaucratic Snarls

It appears that about 15 projects will be able to be completed in the approaching dredging season – Oct. 1 to Jan. 15 – but not the 20 to 25 the county used to do annually. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended in April that the county submit one application for all the projects [...]

Army Corps Response to Congressional Letter

David Bergen, Southold Town Trustee, writes: The Army Corp responded last week in writing to the [congressional] letter. They included two items in their response. First, they provided a response to US Fish and Wildlife to their required Endangered Species Habitat report. We now are waiting for a response from USF&W to this letter. Second, [...]