Dr. Joyce Novak, the Executive Director of The Peconic Estuary Partnership (PEP) , attended the Trustee’s meeting of September 12th to discuss the proposed projects submitted last month for PEP’s review. They include Accabonac Harbor salt marsh and wetlands improvement, restoration and rehabilitation and Napeague Harbor to restore eelgrass beds and is considered a “coastal adaptation and resiliency project.” Both projects require extensive permitting with federal and state agencies. Accabonac Harbor Photo: Durell Godfrey Click on the tab below for complete details from The East Hampton Star: Peconic estuary: The Money’s there, with a catch by christopher walsh
Main Beach Ocean breakers onto shore 2022 Photo by Susan McGraw-Keber Date: September 21, 2022 Time: 5:30PM Place: Duck Creek Farm in Springs Join Samantha Klein, Kim Shaw, and Kathleen Fallon to learn about what the recently approved Coastal Assessment Resiliency Plan means for our community. Free admission to the public.
This weekend- The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce is getting ready for another fun-filled weekend of HarborFest. The post-Labor Day tradition, which attracts tourists and locals alike to the Sag Harbor waterfront, will return the weekend of September 10-11, running each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Scofflaws performed on the green on Long Wharf Whale Ho! HARBORFEST IS BACK!
Invitation to the public: We hope to see you in a little less than two weeks at our #SouthForkWind virtual open house! We’ll be providing updates on Fall construction as well as giving a general project update to New York’s first offshore wind farm. Wind Turbines off the coast of Block Island Photo by David L. Ryan The Boston Globe / Getty Images https://southforkwindvirtual.com/SitePages/Home.aspx Please join the South Fork Wind team for a virtual open house on Monday, September 12th, 2022, starting at 6:00 p.m., to hear the latest updates on South Fork Wind’s continued onshore construction in Town roads
Three Mile Harbor Photo Carissa Katz This month, the Trustees have begun a survey of all docks in waters in their jurisdiction. A drone survey of the shorelines will help identify docks accurately. The intention is to document existing docks and to clarify those that are permitted and those that are not. Currently, there is a year long moratorium that the Trustees voted to implement on all new dock applications. Click on the tab below to read the full article as published in The East Hampton Star by Christopher Walsh. Trustees Dock Survey—East Hampton Star
Blue Claw Crabs – Photo by Trustee Tim Garneau – NYC Chinatown. This summer season members of the East Hampton Town Marine Patrol and Police Department have been on alert as poachers from up island, Queens, Staten Island, and New York City have been arriving in large groups to poach crabs. Earlier this Spring/Summer, the poachers came east to illegally take horseshoe crabs during their mating season. Both Georgica Pond and Napeague Harbor have been targeted for illegal taking of blue claw and fiddler crabs. It has been reported that several vehicles deliver a dozen or more people to various
Downtown Montauk beachfront Photo by Jane Bimson The Town board of East Hampton voted to adopt the Coastal Assessment Resiliency Plan (CARP) last week that outlines the future of our coastal communities as climate patterns change that will eventually alter the landscape of the east end as we know it. Coastal erosion has been a concern over the years as the town replenishes beach sand to combat loss of the beaches, most notably in Montauk in the last few years. To read the article by Christopher Walsh of @TheEastHampton Star, click on the tab below. Town Adopts Coastal assessment resiliency
The latest Coastal Assessment Resiliency Plan for the Town of East Hampton has made it clear- coastal erosion is changing the topography of our towns. Gerard Drive 2019 – raising the road. Photo Susan McGraw-Keber For many homeowners, there is a growing concern that storms and hurricanes accompanied by flooding, may be a serious motivation for planning to move to higher ground. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the Senate passed a bill that would assist Suffolk County South Shore residents with the cost of relocation while their home is being raised through a clause in the Water Resources Development
Town Revokes All Beach-Driving Permits By court order, all beach driving permits issued by the Town are rescinded by Town Board vote on Aug. 4, 2022, per Resolution 2022-995. Town Clerk’s Letter & Instructions
Captain Savannah Van Der Walt in Montauk Harbor starts each day early in the morning with a list of boats in Montauk’s inlet and harbor waters that are scheduled for the free- of -charge service the Trustee’s boat offers to all who request the removal of effluence from their vessels. Keeping the waters free of debris from human waste is paramount to the Trustee’s and the pump-out boat team headed by Ms. Van Der Walt – Bob Fallon and Travis Wallace service includes Three Mile Harbor as well. Captain Savannah Van Der Walt in Montauk’s Inlet on the Trustee’s free-of-charge
The NYSDEC Bureau of Marine Resources will designate all of Three Mile Harbor, in the Town of East Hampton, as temporarily uncertified for the harvest of shellfish before, during and after the 2022 Clamshell Foundation’s and EHP Resort and Marina Fireworks Event. The closure will be effective at sunrise on Saturday, July 16, 2022 and continue through Wednesday, July 20, 2022, both dates inclusive. The affected area is: Three Mile Harbor, Town of East Hampton. Since 1993, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has designated this area as temporarily uncertified for the harvest of shellfish because of the fireworks event.
Great news for Right Whales from Orsted and Eversource and various environmental groups that have come to an agreement to secure significant safety measures to ensure that the endangered North Atlantic Right Whales are protected during construction of the wind turbines to be located 35 miles off the coast of Montauk. North Atlantic Right Whales to have protection during construction of the South Fork Wind Farm. To read the complete article by Christopher Walsh of The East Hampton Star click on the tab below: EH Star: Protection for Right Whales
Statement from Orsted Regarding Mooring System in Use
“As part of the fish monitoring study outlined in the SFW Fisheries Study Work Plan, the Stony Brook University team is conducting a regular visit to the sensor array off Wainscott today to collect data from sensors, replace batteries, and deploy new retrievable moorings alongside the previous moorings. As the Stony Brook team is deploying new moorings alongside the existing moorings there’s no change to the mariners briefing, our standard method for updating mariners on the presence of equipment in navigational waters. Members of the fisheries outreach team, in collaboration with the research team, have worked with the fishing community to select an alternative mooring, one that is smaller, lightweight and retrievable, and is more compatible with commercial fishing in response to the feedback we’ve received from the community on original deployment of cement moorings.”
Images of the mooring system and a diagram are shown below.
