Any word on why Salmon Creek is being dredged? Are there plans for boating in the creek? Are there houses at risk of flooding? I wonder how this will affect marsh and gravel bar habitat.
- - Dave Nutter > On Mar 7, 2019, at 8:35 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Hi again, > > I just received this update from Katrina Binkewicz- Lansing Town Board. It > sounds like the meadow eventually will be improved after the dredging in > Salmon Creek is complete. I am relieved. > > Marie > > ________________________________________ > From: Katrina Binkewicz [klb1...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:17 PM > To: Marie P. Read; roberthrie...@gmail.com > Cc: Pat Tyrrell > Subject: Fw: Salt Point meadow > > Hi Marie- > Just a note of update. You can repost to Cayugabirds. > No worries. The final product will be better than what was there. > > That section of Salmon Creek has not been dredged since 1997. The section > above the railroad bridge was accomplished several years ago and Lansing > Highway Department has not been able to get into the creek to complete the > job till this winter due to heavy snow melts, rain events, and higher than > average lake winter levels. This dredging project was critical because of the > heavier than usual rain events of the last several years combined with a > reduction in carrying capacity due to sedimentation. The water displacement > caused by gravel bar build-up at Myers Park put Salmon Creek at high risk of > stream bank breach. The structural damage to Myers Park from an overflow > would have been truly astronomical. > > The dredge product is required to be de-watered on site by the DEC. The piles > should be fully removed by May, the meadow regraded, and surface soil > textured so that replanting will be fully effective. The center of that > meadow rarely has much milkweed and as of last dredging was never replanted > thus allowing a great deal of weed growth, primarily Artemesia and Goldenrod. > The meadow will be reseeded promptly with a native grass and herbaceous mix. > > Thank you for your interest and concern. > > Katrina Binkewicz- Lansing Town Board > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > ********************** > > > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > Website: http://www.marieread.com > > ***NEW BOOK by Marie Read!*** > Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing > Birds and Their Behavior > > https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
