By Alex Gault, WDT, August 9, 2023 Aug. 9—FISHERS LANDING — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is now considering alternative sites besides just Blind Bay to build its new border patrol station, in what local officials are calling a win for the community. On Wednesday, Congresswoman Claudia...
By Dan Mount, ABC50, August 9, 2023 CLEVELAND, N.Y. (WWTI) – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney announced that state, local officials and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will explore other sites than the Blind Bay site for construction of the CBP site in a press release made on Wednesday, August 9. The...
By Lucy Grindon, NCPR, August 9, 2023 Congresswoman Claudia Tenney announced on Wednesday that Customs and Border Protection has started looking into other possible building sites besides Clayton's Blind Bay for the new facility it plans to construct to replace its current facility on Wellesley Island. CBP...
By 7 News Staff, August 9, 2023 CLAYTON, New York (WWNY) - U.S. Customs And Border Patrol will look at sites other than Blind Bay for their new station, Congresswoman Claudia Tenney announced Wednesday morning. The announcement does not mean Blind Bay has been dropped as a...
By Brian Dwyer for Spectrum News Originally published 7/26/2023 A recent cleanup day at Blind Bay revealed Tires, dock wood, plastics and even Styrofoam. “A lot of it,” 1000 Islands Land Trust Executive Director Jake Tibbles said. “If it's not nailed down or secured during wind events, it...
By Jonathon Wheeler, Watertown Daily Times April 30, 2023 FISHERS LANDING — United States Customs and Border Control representatives are putting pressure on the Thousand Island Land Trust in order to gain access to Blind Bay, so that they can complete environmental studies on the land,...
Photo by Chris Murray Photography Last year, the River community took urgent action to protect a special place in danger of being changed forever. After learning of Customs & Border Protection’s (CBP) plan to construct a new Border Patrol facility in the heart of the...
By Keith Dempsey at Brockville Recorder and Times on March 1, 2023 Two organizations dedicated to preserving the Upper St. Lawrence River joined forces with Scouts last week to help migratory birds across the river from Gananoque. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT)...
By Lexi Bruening, Channel 7 February 21, 2023 TOWN OF ORLEANS, New York (WWNY) - After recently buying land along Blind Bay, the Thousand Islands Land Trust observed Stewardship Day Tuesday. It’s a chance to help preserve nature and to protect the land from a looming...
By Isabella Colello, ABC 50 November 30, 2022 ORLEANS, N.Y. (WWTI) — The community is continuing its fight to “Save Blind Bay.” On November 18, the Thousand Islands Land Trust officially purchased all undeveloped waterfront in the area known as Blind Bay. Blind Bay, located in the Town...