 | Preserve the Stream corridor in the northern
[headwaters] portion of the study area through exchange of ownership
(i.e., private to public) or transfer of development rights (TDR).
This will require cooperation and agreements for replatting old
filed subdivisions and the exchange of parcels owned by Suffolk
County, the Town of Brookhaven,... and private parties...
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| North of Montauk Highway, the headwaters of
Beaverdam Creek flow through a vacant, privately owned 9.5 acre
parcel. This land should be preserved through TDR, or through
acquisition if necessary, to protect freshwater wetlands and stream
water quality. |
We think the LWRP should endorse these
recommendations by way of including the upper creek and headwaters
within the LID II boundary. We suggest the following (see map, next
page): Beaver Dam Road to Fire Place Neck Road, running north
continuing along South Country Road to Old Town Road to Sunrise, then
west to Carnegie (paper street), south along Carnegie across Montauk
Highway following southerly route along west boundary of Bellport High
School to Beaver Dam Road, then east to South Country Road and
continuing along original LWRP boundary.
Update Status of Parcels Recommended for Acquisition
It seems that the LWRP used former County Executive
Michael LoGrandes 1986 Report to the Suffolk County Legislature:
Proposed Acquisition of Lands for the New York State Environmental
Quality Bond Act to define the areas within LID II. The LWRP needs
to be updated on this subject to reflect the fact that 3-1/2 of the
five listed "important areas for acquisition" are no longer applicable
and that the current number-one priority on Long Island, according to
the Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society and the civics preparing this
report, is the above-mentioned Southaven Properties. The report should
be corrected as follows:
| Southaven Properties (see page 17 of this
report). This parcel is situated at the headwaters of Yaphank Creek,
a major tributary of the Carmans River which supports a viable
population of brook trout. The eastern mud turtle, designated as
"threatened" in New York State, is also found here and it is an
historic nesting site for the threatened osprey. The entire site is
designated "scenic" under the New York State Wild, Scenic and
Recreational Rivers Act. Acquisition would complete the northern
boundary of the Wertheim Wildlife Refuge. |
| On page II-52, the parcel that both the LWRP and
the State call the Beaver Dam Creek Wetlands (~50-acres) is locally
known as the Lohmann Farm. Both the Peconic Land Trust and the BVA
have met with Mr. Lohmann, and he is not interested in selling to a
government agency at this time. However, it should be noted that,
thanks to the efforts of County Legislator Herb Davis and the Post
Morrow Foundation, the 50 acres of wetland and creek frontage to the
west of the Lohmann Farm is now preserved. |
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