Drifting Responsibilities
September 29, 2007 by Harold · Leave a Comment
Submitted by Tom Gleason. Related to dredging clogged up creeks and waterways, is the issue of erosion mediation using the spoils from the dredging process. The shore line between Schoolhouse Creek and Wickhams Creek is one of many examples of the problem. The standing DEC policies stating spoils can not be deposited upstream of the [...]
Dredging Progress Despite Bureaucratic Snarls
August 14, 2007 by Paul Birman · Leave a Comment
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
July 31, 2007 by Paul Birman · Leave a Comment
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, [...]
