Peter Jung of the Valley Alliance attended last night’s Department of State meeting in Catskill, and learned that the deadline for public comments on the proposed designation of Hudson’s South Bay as a Significant Fish & Wildlife Habitat has been extended to August 15th.
Click here to go to our action page to make your voice heard for this important upgrade of protections to this unique area. Another meeting will be held at Norrie Point in Staatsburg on July 27th, where the DOS and DEC will be particularly interested in information regarding Coastal Management Policy 7, which can be read here as a PDF.