By Alex Gault, Watertown Daily Times on June 16, 2022 FISHERS LANDING — The Thousand Islands Land Trust has agreed to pay $375,000 to acquire the Blind Bay property previously eyed by Customs and Border Protection for an expansive new station. On April 13, TILT announced it...
By Brian Dwyer, Spectrum April 25, 2022 Customs and Border Protection has long had a station on Wellesley Island up in the North Country, but it says that building is no longer able to provide what the agency needs and it had plans to move to...
By Celia Clarke, NCPR on April 14, 2022 A local land trust is buying up land the federal government wants to use for a new border check-in facility on the St. Lawrence River. Environmental organizations, local, and federal leaders have criticized the choice of the location...
Celia Clarke, NCPR on March 23, 2022 New York’s senior Senator opposes a proposed new border station near Wellesley Island. Environmental groups and residents say the new site would be detrimental to the ecosystem and the local community. U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to put a...
By Celia Clarke, NCPR on March 18, 2022 A proposal for a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection station in the Thousands Islands section of the St. Lawrence River is drawing criticism. Green groups and some residents say the 19-acre facility will cause irreparable environmental damage...
By Isabella Colello, ABC 50 on March 7, 2022 ORLEANS, N.Y. (WWTI) — Opposition is continuing to grow regarding a proposed U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Blind Bay on the St. Lawrence River. This was detailed in an updated letter of opposition issued by...
By Isabella Colello, ABC 50 on March 1, 2022 FISHERS LANDING, N.Y. (WWTI) — In the final days of February, opposition came flooding in regarding a newly proposed Customs and Border Protection facility on the St. Lawrence River. This facility was proposed to be built in Blind...
Published by the Watertown Daily Times on Feb 25, 2022 FISHERS LANDING — The period for the public to offer comment on proposed construction of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection station will continue through March 10. CBP is inviting public comment on both the Draft Environmental...
By Brendan Straub Published by the Channel 7 News on Feb 25, 2022 Click here to view the video interview. FISHERS LANDING, New York (WWNY) - Some organizations along the St. Lawrence River are up in arms over a new proposed U-S Customs and Border Protection station near...
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