Smithers' Acquisition Approved
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The Nassau County Legislature voted on February 25 to acquire the Smithers Property!
A sincere thank you to everyone who called, wrote or emailed their legislators. The Smithers Property is an environmentally important and beautiful property and its preservation is a wonderful legacy to leave for generations to come.
Friends of the Bay commends the County Legislature on their unanimous vote to acquire the Smithers Property in Mill Neck, which is an outstanding environmental achievement. In the words of John James Audubon, "A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children."
This ecologically-significant property to be acquired in Mill Neck will continue to play a vital role in protecting Shu Swamp and the entire Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor estuary system in which drains. Located in the state-designated Special Groundwater Protection Area, it contains two ponds, as well as many of the freshwater springs that supply Shu Swamp and in turn, Beaver Dam and Mill Neck Creek. This acquisition will create a continuous preserve all the way to the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge, helping to protect the water quality so critical to the health of the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Estuary System.
The Smithers property, featured in a YouTube video produced by Friends of the Bay at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCFhU2TkUbU, was ranked #1 by the County Executive's advisory committee based on its natural beauty as well as its environmental significance.
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Dear Mr. Lamb,
Thank you for all of your efforts that helped to preserve the Smithers property. I have another very worthy cause to discuss with you. Please contact me on the B.R.A.C.T. line at 628-3997. Most sincerely, Jo-Tina DiGennaro, Bayville
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There is still no agreement on the Birches. There is yet another proposal being considered, which will further delay the clean up of Mill Neck Creek. A connection to the Glen Cove sewer district is now being considered for the Birches 40 year old waste water problems. Questions still unanswered under this Glen Cove pipe dream are: How long will it take? How much will it cost? Will the tax payers be paying for it? How long will it take to get approval from other municipalities to install pumping stations on their properties? Will they give approval? Who else will be connecting and when? Wasn't this the same project that was scrapped because of underground streams, uphill grading, and traffic flow problems when the Glen Cove plant was first built? It's difficult to get excited over this latest proposal until all the questions are answered. Meanwhile... still waiting.
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The MBR plant originally proposed for the Birches in Aug 2007 is still in the running, but the Glen Cove sewer district pipe is gaining steam. I am not sure why, because the more you read about MBRs the better they look. MBR plants are cropping up all over the country and are favored in Europe and Asia for years. Some districts are adding MBRs to their existing treatment plants to reclaim better water quality. For more info, try Google search "MBR plants". The Glen Cove pipe is more taxable and they can connect more homes to it, therefore more taxes. That's IF it's ever completed.
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