Look to Ban Fort Pond Hunting

Montauk residents concerned about hunting on Fort Pond in proximity to the houses ringing its shores, as well as downtown Montauk, appealed to the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday to restrict hunting on the pond. A petition with over 100 signatures supporting a hunting ban was submitted to the previous board in 2012, Jane Bimson said at a board work session, but no action was taken. She urged the current board to consider the matter.

The expansion of the dates and areas where hunting may take place on land concerned other speakers at Tuesday’s meeting who opposed the changes recently adopted by New York State, which sets hunting seasons and other rules. Revised regulations on town-owned lands will be the subject of an upcoming town board hearing.