Posted by Seaway News Save The River® Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper® (STR) and Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) hosted a meeting for the Save Blind Bay coalition on June 7, 2023. Members of the Save Blind Bay coalition include Antique Boat Museum, Blue Fish Canada, Buffalo...
By: Isabella Colello, Inform NNY June 4, 2023 ORLEANS, N.Y. (WWTI) — Advocates have continued their push to “Save Blind Bay.” Two environmental organizations in the region, the Thousand Islands Land Trust and Save The River joined forces in early June to clean trash out of Blind...
https://d1l66zlxaqpl1u.cloudfront.net/wp-gray/20230503/6451d71de055624803119a6e/t_2f94b96b4ca849da90482c105115b2ed_name_file_1920x1080_5400_v4_cropped/file_1280x720-2000-v3_1.mp4 By Chad Charette, Channel 7 May 2, 2023 BLIND BAY, New York (WWNY) - Customs and Border Protection still has its sights set on Blind Bay for the location of a new facility. Meanwhile, local non-profits have concerns and say the feds are not listening to...
https://d1l66zlxaqpl1u.cloudfront.net/wp-gray/20230503/6451d71de055624803119a6e/t_2f94b96b4ca849da90482c105115b2ed_name_file_1920x1080_5400_v4_cropped/file_1280x720-2000-v3_1.mp4 By Chad Charette, Channel 7 May 2, 2023 BLIND BAY, New York (WWNY) - Customs and Border Protection still has its sights set on Blind Bay for the location of a new facility. Meanwhile, local non-profits have concerns and say the feds are not listening to...
By Zach Grady, Channel 7 October 24, 2022 WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - We’ve learned the first steps of eminent domain for land along Blind Bay may have been taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Meanwhile, the conservation group wanting to protect the land has...
By Alex Gault, Watertown Daily Times October 23, 2022 FISHERS LANDING — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said they will seek a court order to get on-site at the Blind Bay property where they plan to build a Border Patrol station, according to a letter...
By Alex Gault, Watertown Daily Times October 12, 2022 CLAYTON — On an unseasonably warm day Wednesday, Rep. Claudia L. Tenney rode up the St. Lawrence River with local officials and Save The River staff, to see the site where U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans...
Jake Tibbles, Executive Director at Thousand Islands Land Trust and John Peach, Executive Director at Save The River sat down with Michael Folsom on the Downbound Discussions podcast hosted by The Seaway Ship Watchers to talk about Blind Bay and the ecological importance this...
By Isabella Colello, ABC 50 on October 7, 2022 ORLEANS, N.Y. (WWTI) — Controversy surrounding the proposed Customs and Border Protection Facility in Blind Bay has community members concerned once again. This is following CBP’s announcement in September 2022, confirming the agency’s plans to move forward in assessing...
By Zach Grady, Channel 7 on September 29, 2022 TOWN OF ORLEANS, New York (WWNY) - Reinforcements arrive in the battle over Blind Bay as local and federal officials speak out against Customs and Border Protection’s continued effort to build a new station there. “There are environmental...
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