Watershed Action Plan Public Meeting Rescheduled - New Date, New Venue

Watershed Action Plan Public Meeting Rescheduled:  Tuesday, October 12, 7:00 pm

New Venue!  - Oyster Bay High School, 150 East Main Street, Oyster Bay

The Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Estuary and its watershed have been facing increasing challenges in recent years.  Friends of the Bay is committed to the protection, preservation and restoration of the watershed area and is actively involved in water quality issues, watershed and wetlands conservation,  and land use planning., Research, education, community action and advocacy are at the core of FOB’s mission. 

The Steering Committee will work with the project team to identify, discuss and evaluate strategies to address the watershed management goals and objectives.  The Watershed Action Plan will be developed consistent with EPA and NYSDEC guidance for the development of watershed-based plans, which includes nine key elements that establish the structure of the plan.  These nine elements include specific goals, objectives, and strategies to protect and restore water quality; methods to build and strengthen working partnerships; a dual focus on addressing existing problems and preventing new ones; a strategy for implementing the plan; and a feedback loop to evaluate progress and revise the plan as necessary.

Friends of the Bay has received some very interesting, well considered and thought provoking responses to our survey.  If you have a few minutes, please fill it out - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/773Q8ZX. If you are planning on attending, it would be better to have your responses ahead of time. And if you cannot attend, you will still be able to have your voice heard. 

Those individuals interested in participating on the Steering Committee should be available to attend three meetings to be scheduled between September 2010 and early January 2011, and to review and provide comments on various draft project documents during the planning process.

For more information regarding the Steering Committee or to volunteer to participate in the Committee, please contact Ms. Patricia Aitken, Executive Director of FOB, at (516) 922-6666 or by email at p.aitken@friendsofthebay.org.  Please place “Steering Committee” in the subject line of the email.