Thanks, Anne, for posting this. Here is the proposal (or set of maps, at least). https://www.townofdrydenny.gov/projects-under-review/page/172-ed-hill-road-conservation-subdivision-query <https://www.townofdrydenny.gov/projects-under-review/page/172-ed-hill-road-conservation-subdivision-query>
I look forward to commenting ops the proposal! Bob > On Jan 13, 2026, at 3:28 PM, AB Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > To all local birders, > > The article attached below is worth noting and turning out to the Jan 22 > meeting for if you value the Hile School Road Wetland, of which the Freeville > Fir Swamp UNA is part. There are many other potential impacts of this > proposed development. I am speaking to you all as a concerned nearby > resident of the property, but the impacts on Dryden Township and the county > go beyond this. > > Happy to answer more questions insofar as I can, > > Anne > > Anne B. Clark, Ph.D. > Biological Sciences, Emeritus > Binghamton University > Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 > (607) 222-0905 (cell) > (607) 777-2438 (Biol Sci office) > Power concedes nothing without a demand. > It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass > > > > > This from the Jan 11 issue, Tompkins Green Scene: > > Two of Tompkins County’s Unique Natural Areas in Dryden Threatened by > Potential Development > > Two of Tompkins County’s Unique Natural Areas (UNA) would be threatened by a > proposed residential subdivision development that seeks to carve up all of > the Trillium Woods (UNA-73) and a large portion of the Freeville Fir Tree > Swamp (UNA-74) into units for sale. Trillium Woods contains one of the > densest collections of breathtakingly beautiful spring wildflowers in the > County. The Freeville Fir Tree Swamp is an extensive wetland environment, and > the only one of its type in the County, that supports mammoth hemlock trees > and species that can only be found elsewhere hundreds of miles north of > Ithaca. It also includes a population of the rare and endangered globeflower. > > The county’s Environmental Management Council’s designation of a land parcel > as a Unique Natural Area does not in itself convey any legal protections. It > provides a planning tool so that landowners and municipalities will be made > aware of the special, sometimes irreplaceable, qualities of these areas so > that they will be protected and any disruption of them can be avoided before > approval for land development is granted. > > In this case, it will be up to the Dryden Planning Board to require these > areas be protected as part of the development plan. The Dryden Planning > Board’s next meeting is Thursday, January 22 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, in the > Town Public Meeting Room, 93 East Main Street, Dryden, NY 13053, or via > Hybrid tools, and the current owner’s development proposal is expected to be > formally introduced at that meeting. > > For the Planning Board to resolve to defend the UNAs, it is vitally important > that the public let the Board know how important protecting these sites is to > them, by attending the Board meeting and/or sending letters. Together we can > make the Board aware that protecting these rare, beautiful, environmentally > sensitive, and special places is the only correct decision. > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu <http://lists.cornell.edu/> for more > information > > Posting Address: [email protected] > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org. > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org. --
