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...
By Alex Gault, Watertown Daily Times on September 25, 2022 FISHERS LANDING — Despite months of activism from local residents and environmental groups, the purchase of the land by the Thousand Islands Land Trust, and a local offering of a nearby site, U.S. Customs and Border...
By Diane Rutherford, Channel 7 on September 23, 2022 TOWN OF ORLEANS, New York (WWNY) - Despite overwhelming opposition, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is still looking at Blind Bay for its new station. People against the project are vowing to fight. For months now, lawmakers, environmental groups...
By Isabella Colello, ABC 50 on September 23, 2022 ORLEANS, N.Y. (WWTI) — Blind Bay is still in the spotlight. On Friday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that it is preparing a draft Supplement Environmental Assessment for the proposed site in the town of Orleans,...
By Alex Gault, Watertown Daily Times on September 21, 2022 ALEXANDRIA — Local officials are still waiting on word from U.S. Customs and Border Protection as to where the agency plans to locate its latest construction project, a planned Border Patrol station. After the Thousand Islands Land...