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It's started! The trees are coming down! AT LAST!
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: August 23, 2024, 8:35 pm
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Yes, AT LAST, COMMON SENSE has prevailed, and the trees are
being removed from the embankments, in Bushnells Basin.
The UPDATE to this is - it's not the start of the BIG CUT,
apparently a new bridge is being built, and they're just
clearing a local area to put the bridge in!
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Re: It's started! The trees are coming down! AT LAST!
DIR By: Doug K
Date: August 24, 2024, 2:08 pm
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This is what's been needed for a long time in Perinton, people
not standing in the way of public safety work. Get used to the
sounds of chainsaws for awhile.
HTML https://youtu.be/mto27Oi1hM0?si=MnnOCQ4o-h9QQ31X
And it's getting nearer to the annual NYS Canal System Tree
Clearing Season... November 1 to March 31.
It's all about protecting endangered species to remove invasive
species, like trees growing on earthen dams. This is from the
NYS DEC.
General Recommendations for the Protection of Northern
Long-eared Bats in New York
This section provides guidance regarding recommended measures to
ensure that forest management activities are protective of the
northern long-eared bat (NLEB) and do not result in an
incidental take pursuant to 6NYCRR Part 182.
Guidance from DEC:
Because it is the disease (WNS) and not habitat that is
currently limiting the population, removal of trees from the
landscape is generally not considered harmful unless there are
potentially bats within the trees during the time they are
harvested or otherwise removed from the landscape. We do not
have perfect information on where NLEB occur.
To protect NLEB from unintentional harm, the Department
encourages the voluntary implementation of all forest management
activities during the hibernation period-November 1 through
March 31 throughout the state and December 1 through February 28
in Suffolk County-when bats are not expected to be present.
However, DEC imposes no restrictions on tree cutting unless a
project is located within 5 miles of a known hibernation site or
3 miles of a documented summer occurrence. See the Protection of
Northern Long-eared Bats page for a map and list of known NLEB
occurrences by town.
For all projects that require the removal of trees, the
following voluntary actions are recommended:
Leave snag and cavity trees uncut unless their removal is
necessary for protection of human life and property. Snag and
cavity trees are defined under DEC Program Policy ONR-DLF-2
Retention on State Forests.
If any bats are observed flying from a tree, or on a tree that
has been cut, tree management activities in the area should be
suspended and DEC Wildlife staff notified as soon as possible. A
permit may be required to continue work, or you may have to wait
until November 1 to resume activities.
HTML https://dec.ny.gov/nature/animals-fish-plants/northern-long-eared-bat
And according to the State DEC Mapping website, Monroe County
has no Northern Long Ear Bat restrictions.
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HTML https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/mysemapchart2022.pdf
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