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Southampton Trustees To Rebuild Shinnecock Bay Beach Eroded by Sea Wall, But Are Uncertain of How Long It Will Last

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The Southampton Town Trustees have convinced New York State to allow Suffolk County to dredge sand from Far Pond and Middle Pond, at the northeastern end of Shinnecock Bay, and deposit the sand along the beach to the east where a stone revetment has caused extensive erosion and left the shoreline interrupted. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Southampton Town Trustees have convinced New York State to allow Suffolk County to dredge sand from Far Pond and Middle Pond, at the northeastern end of Shinnecock Bay, and deposit the sand along the beach to the east where a stone revetment has caused extensive erosion and left the shoreline interrupted. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Southampton Town Trustees have convinced New York State to allow Suffolk County to dredge sand from Far Pond and Middle Pond, at the northeastern end of Shinnecock Bay, and deposit the sand along the beach to the east where a stone revetment has caused extensive erosion and left the shoreline interrupted. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Southampton Town Trustees have convinced New York State to allow Suffolk County to dredge sand from Far Pond and Middle Pond, at the northeastern end of Shinnecock Bay, and deposit the sand along the beach to the east where a stone revetment has caused extensive erosion and left the shoreline interrupted. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Southampton Town Trustees have convinced New York State to allow Suffolk County to dredge sand from Far Pond and Middle Pond, at the northeastern end of Shinnecock Bay, and deposit the sand along the beach to the east where a stone revetment has caused extensive erosion and left the shoreline interrupted. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Southampton Town Trustees have convinced New York State to allow Suffolk County to dredge sand from Far Pond and Middle Pond, at the northeastern end of Shinnecock Bay, and deposit the sand along the beach to the east where a stone revetment has caused extensive erosion and left the shoreline interrupted. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Sep 11, 2024
The Southampton Town Trustees convinced Suffolk County to run an experiment with the sand dredged from two of the small tidal ponds off northern Shinnecock Bay: rebuilding a long-ago eroded... more

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