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 Lucy Grindon for NCPR Jul 14, 2023 — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is considering building a new border facility in the Thousand Islands to replace its current one on Wellesley Island. One candidate location is a place called Blind Bay, about halfway between the...
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 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 Brian Dwyer, Spectrum News March 16, 2023 Waterfront property has become so desirable that there are very few stretches of undeveloped shoreline left. One of the few remaining undeveloped spots on the St. Lawrence River is Blind Bay, which is now being considered as the new...
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)...
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