Lauder Aims At Phragmites
Ronald Lauder has applied for permission to revegetate his Wainscott Pond property, East Hampton Town Trustees were told during an abbreviated monthly meeting on Oct. 14, but wants to dredge the site first, in order to assure that phragmites - reeds - do not return.
Mr. Lauder has asked the Town Department of Natural Resources for advice. Trustee James McCaffrey, who lives in Wainscott, said he would talk to Larry Penny, the department's director, about the matter.
Mr. McCaffrey will take a look at the property, too; he does not think dredging will do the trick.
The Town Shellfish Hatchery has begun machine-seeding clams at Sammy's Beach off Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton. John Aldred, director of the hatchery, has informed Trustees that markers will clearly identify the seed lots.
Mr. McCaffrey has asked Mr. Aldred for a report on the oyster-growing pilot project Trustees allowed to take place in Napeague and Three Mile Harbors. Phase one of the Napeague program, which began in 1994, is due to be completed soon.
Participating baymen asked Mr. Aldred for more time to complete the growing, and he in turn advised them to talk to the Trustees.
Mr. McCaffrey noted that while Trustees were careful about crossing the line between a pilot project and a commercial enterprise, he would be in favor of letting the baymen finish their growing. The oysters are said to be terrific.
It was also announced last week that bid specification forms for supplying a marine sewage pump-out boat to the Trustees will be available through Tuesday at Trustee headquarters on Bluff Road, Amagansett. The boat is being purchased with the help of a Federal grant.
Monthly meetings of the Trustees will begin at 6 p.m. from now on. This goes for the regular meeting on the second Tuesday of each month at Town Hall, and for the work session held on the third Tuesday of each month at Bluff Road.
Georgica Pond in East Hampton was let to the ocean by order of the Trustees today, and should be running strong by this afternoon.