by Anita Wright In early November 2010, East Hampton Town Board voted unanimously to use Community Preservation Funds to pay for a large portion of the price to acquire the Maloney Property. A big thanks is in order to The Nature Conservancy and generous community members who raised the remaining balance. This 2.2-acre meadow in the heart of Springs was a critical open space acquisition from both […]
by Anita Wright In December 2010, the Accabonac Protection Committee was awarded a $5,000 grant from The New York Community Trust, made at the suggestion of Serena Altschul, 2010 recipient of the Friend of the Creek Award and our neighbor on the Harbor. In addition to supporting our ongoing work to protect the Harbor, the grant will help fund making a new film in the “Long Live […]
by Arlene Coulter We wholeheartedly thank Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister for his hard work and we congratulate him on settling the lawsuit against Suffolk County Health Department’s Vector Control regarding spraying. Our concern with spraying over the tidal marshes has generally met with frustration. Each year, we have sought to restrict it but without success. So we’re cheering the good news that they’ll be limited to spraying […]
by Cile Downs Baykeeper Kevin McAllister and his talented and hardworking legal staff have, just this past year, achieved two important victories in court that are of great interest and relevance to APC. First, the State Supreme Court ruled in his favor last January in a case involving Southampton Trustees’ issuance of a permit for expansion of a marina on Shinnecock Bay in state and federally designated […]
by Jorie Latham This newsletter got delayed for several reasons, but perhaps just as well, since it means we can let our members know about a recent development that perfectly illustrates how APC works. The Town Board, in its ongoing search for revenue, had identified a number of bay beaches where they decided to provide season-long leases to food concessions – Louse Point among them!This, in spite […]
FIND OUT AT OUR FORUM ON MAY 21at the Springs Firehouse 7-9pm The storms of the past winter and spring have once again dramatically shortened the spit called Louse Point. As sea level rises and these storms become more common, (as seems to be the case), what can, and should be done to deal with the impending loss of the barrier beaches that literally (and litorally) define […]
Persistence has once again paid off. The permit application to restore and maintain much of the Barbara Hale Refuge as a meadow, originally submitted to the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation in July of 2007 has, with some conditions, been approved! Clearing will be allowed above a wetland buffer, leaving mature cedars standing, but removing the invasives, the dead woodies and the weed species that hinder […]
This spring, on April 14, APC hosted a “video festival” at Ashawagh Hall comprised of two of the first installments in the original LTV series “Long Live Accabonac” which Cile Downs has written, produced, and directed with help in all of this from Genie Henderson, producer and editor at LTV. A lively group gathered to watch “The Salt Marsh I” which features Drs. Pete and Judy Weiss* […]
by Anita Wright In May 2009, the Accabonac Protection Committee was awarded a $5,000 grant from The Overbrook Foundation. The funding has allowed APC to broaden its endeavors to protect the harbor and its watershed by undertaking new projects in the past year. Some of these projects include an effort to inventory preserved land and easements around the harbor, as well as purchase a much-needed software upgrade […]
by Nancy Kane November 20th was a Good News Day for Springs. The Town Board held hearings on the proposed purchase of 26 acres of the Nivola property on Old Stone Highway and the one acre Potter parcel, almost hidden behind an historic house on Fireplace Road and located on Accabonac Harbor. Many supporters were in attendance. The Board decided to purchase both parcels. Both acquisitions are […]