![]() ![]() Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University have drafted an action plan which is now being reviewed by the Trustees and the Village and Town of East Hampton. One of the DEC’s requirements for the 10-year maintenance dredging permit is for the Trustees to adopt a “Georgica Pond Water Quality Restoration Action Plan.” Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation together with Dr. This requirement ensures that the project does not starve downdrift beaches and that the sand is recirculated in the same system. Once the sand is removed from the pond, it is stockpiled and then redistributed to eroding beaches and dunes on the Atlantic Ocean beach. Like the pyramids of Egypt, stockpiled sand waits to be distributed to nearby beaches. Landscapers sometimes use a “yard bag” which can hold a cubic yard. So how much is a cubic yard? If you can imagine a typical deep freezer, that equals about one cubic yard. The Trustees’ 10-year dredging permit allows for 15,000 cubic yards of beach sand to be removed from the mouth of the pond and 950 cubic yards to be removed at the entrance to Georgica Cove annually. Red lines are approximate property boundaries. Aerial photo showing large overwash areas that need to be dredged. Today, heavy equipment is used for the “traditional” lettings. They continued the practice with farm animals. In colonial days, the Trustees observed Native American’s opening the pond using shells. Maintenance dredging is not the same thing as “letting the pond” which is traditionally managed by the Trustees at least twice a year. Friends worked closely with the Trustees to bring all the parties together and obtain the permit. The most recent dredging permit was received from the NYS DEC, Army Corp of Engineers and the NYS Department of State in January 2018 and covers the next ten years. The East Hampton Town Trustees have overseen maintenance dredging at Georgica Pond for many decades. (Find more information about the dredging at Georgica Pond in the East Hampton Star.) Dredging vs. Suffice it to say, it is a very dynamic system. ![]() Sometimes, all this sand deposition can be undone by a giant Nor’easter and by the following season, new sand has been re-deposited. The tidal surge, spray, wind and waves all act together to deposit sand on the beach, dune and in the pond. Throughout the year the Atlantic surf pounds the beach at Georgica Pond. ![]()
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