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Public Meetings
Scheduled for
Carmans River Plan
Two special meetings
of the Brookhaven
Town Board have been
scheduled to discuss
the revised Carmans
River Watershed
Protection Plan.
These meetings are
open to the public
and those who wish
to voice their
opinions on this
issue are encouraged
to attend and be
heard.
The two meetings are
scheduled for:
Wednesday, May
30 at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 2
at 1:00 p.m.
Brookhaven Town Hall
Auditorium
One Independence
Hill
Farmingville, NY
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Councilwoman Kepert
Preserves Sensitive
Land in Carmans
River Watershed
Kepert
partners with LIPA
to acquire unique 15
acre parcel located
in the Central Pine
Barrens and Carmans
River Watershed
May 15, 2012
Farmingville, NY –
At Tuesday
night’s board
meeting, the Town
Board voted
unanimously to adopt
Councilwoman Connie
Kepert’s resolution
to acquire the
property known as
Winwood Oaks in
Yaphank. Winwood
Oaks is a 15 acre
parcel located in
the 0 to 5 year
contributing area of
the Carmans River.
The funds to acquire
the parcel were from
a Natural Resources
Benefit fund to be
used for the
preservation of
ecologically and
hydrologically
important properties
in the Town of
Brookhaven. A
Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU)
with LIPA to
purchase such
properties was
adopted by the
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Brookhaven Politics
Threaten The Future
of Carmans River
Long
Island Press May
10th, 2012
By
Spencer Rumsey
Along the bank of
the Carmans River,
the white oaks are
just starting to
turn green, the red
maples are beginning
to bud.
“This was my
childhood
playground!”
exclaims Marty Van
Lith, a Brookhaven
historian and
environmental
activist, from the
stern of our canoe.
We glide past a
fisherman up to his
knees in the river
making his line
flick across the
water like a silken
thread uncoiling off
a spool. He tells us
he got a late start
this morning—9
a.m.—but he’s caught
a 12-inch trout
already, so he likes
the spot he’s found.
From this bend in
the river we can’t
hear the traffic
rushing on Sunrise
Highway, just the
chirping of red-wing
blackbirds and a
couple of mallard
ducks flapping off
the water while some
barn swallows swoop
silently above the
surface catching
flies. We could be
in the Adirondacks
for all we know.
Around another bend...
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Lesko moves to
protect Carmans
watershed
Newsday May 17,
2012
By
SOPHIA CHANG
Leaving the town
board out of the
process, Brookhaven
Supervisor Mark
Lesko has asked the
state to extend the
Pine Barrens Core to
protect the Carmans
River watershed.
The state Pine
Barrens Commission
unanimously passed
his motion
Wednesday, sending
the proposal to the
State Legislature
for consideration.
The proposal would
extend the mapped
boundaries of the
Pine Barrens Core to
include 3,500 acres
in the watershed. If
approved,
development would be
prohibited on those
acres and stricter
state water quality
standards applied to
the river.
"The Carmans River
is a precious state
and federal resource
and the standards
that apply to the
Pine Barrens should
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New hearings planned
on Carmans watershed
Newsday April 24,
2012
By PATRICK WHITTLE
A
revised plan
designed to protect
the Carmans River
watershed will be
the subject of two
community summits in
the next few months.
The new Carmans plan
is designed to
replace a proposal
Brookhaven
Supervisor Mark
Lesko withdrew last
month, backers of
the new plan said.
Unlike the earlier
proposal, the new
plan will be crafted
based on input
gleaned during
townwide meetings on
May 30 and June 2,
supporters said.
Councilman Steve
Fiore-Rosenfeld, who
supports the new
approach, said the
proposal will
provide a road map
to save the 10-mile
river, which runs
from Middle Island
to Bellport Bay. But
several
environmentalists
said the proposal
lacks substance.
The new plan
proposes a $30
million to $40
million bond to fund
preserving "critical
watershed
properties" and
other waterways
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