As a marsh guy I am having a hard time figuring out how tearing up the marsh to remove some poles is a good thing. I took students to this area for many years to work in these beautiful marshes.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:47 AM, Ed Cummings <[email protected]> wrote: > Wouldn't mucking about in the marshlands with heavy equipment to rip out > hundreds of poles and metal antennae cause far more ecological damage than > just leaving them in place to rot? Who came up with this dumb idea--a > government contractor looking for a nice contract? > > I wonder if any hams or pirates ever made use of the HF antennae after > AT&T left. Quite a ground plane! > > Many times I listened to WOO and similar AT&T Long Lines HF stations back > in the day for entertainment. What caused that spooky "whale sound" > artifact? > > -Ed Cummings > > > > At 12:15 PM 11/5/2015, Richard Cuff wrote: > >> Hi everyone - See the note below...the US Fish & Wildlife Service is >> considering some shoreline pole removal for AT&T's WOO shore-to-ship >> transmitter site in New Jersey; this site was also used for VOA broadcasts >> from 1944 onward. Public comment is invited; see the link down near the >> bottom of the message.. Also - we should have an update on the 2016 Fest >> information within the next week; watch this space! Richard Cuff / >> Allentown, PA USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cultural >> Resources, FW5 <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 3:12 PM >> Subject: Public comments sought for anticipated adverse effect on historic >> properties To: [email protected] Dear North American Shortwave >> Association: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposes a pole removal >> project in the tidal marshlands of the Good Luck Point (Ocean Gate) and >> Manahawkin units of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Ocean >> County, New Jersey. The undertaking will contribute to saltmarsh >> enhancement funded by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013. The >> proposal is for hundreds of poles to be removed, in addition to cables, >> wires, metal towers, and concrete blocks. The goal of this action is to >> enhance coastal marsh habitats by increasing marsh resiliency from impacts >> of large storm events and other ecosystem stressors. The poles are part of >> inactive shortwave antenna fields associated with AT&T’s ship-to-shore >> shortwave communications system, which was in operation at the sites from >> the early 1930s until 1999. The wires connecting the antenna poles were >> removed by AT&T prior to the creation of the National Wildlife Refuge >> units. Good Luck Point in Berkeley Township, Ocean County includes a >> shortwave transmitter building and antenna field. The municipality owns the >> shuttered building, while the poles of the inactive antenna field are on >> Refuge land. Under the call sign WOO, the shortwave facility at Good Luck >> Point (known as Ocean Gate) was a renowned transmitting station, which >> helped broadcast Voice of America around the globe after 1944 and enabled >> communication with ships at sea throughout the twentieth century. The >> historic property is eligible for listing in the National Register of >> Historic Places. The proposed project will remove approximately 340 wooden >> poles from the inactive antenna field, along with several metal antennae.. >> Manahawkin in Stafford Township, Ocean County includes the WOO companion >> site, which consists of a shortwave receiving station and antenna field. >> Via Manahawkin, shortwave communications from ships at sea were linked to >> America’s telephone network from the 1930s until 1999. The entire Refuge >> unit is within a conservation easement to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife >> Service, which does not own the building. The historic property is >> eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The >> proposed project will remove approximately 113 wooden poles from the >> antenna field. Several metal antennas will be removed, as well. Because >> both of the historic properties represent well-preserved examples of >> nationally significant shortwave facilities, they have been determined >> eligible for National Register listing. Consequently, the proposed removal >> of poles from the antenna fields will cause an adverse effect under Section >> 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. A mitigation program is >> being developed in consultation with the New Jersey State Historic >> Preservation Office. In accordance with Section 106 of the National >> Historic Preservation Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks public >> comment on the anticipated adverse effect. The public is invited to submit >> comments concerning the project’s effects on the historic properties to >> [email protected] . The public comment period ends on November 15, >> 2015. Additional information is available via this Web link: >> http://www.fws.gov/refuge/edwin_b_forsythe/ Thank you for your interest. >> -- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Cultural Resources Program Division of >> Refuge Field Support Northeast Regional Office 300 Westgate Center Drive >> Hadley, MA 01035-9589 _______________________________________________ >> Swlfest mailing list [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: >> Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, >> or visit the URL shown above. 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