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Critical Environmental Areas in Suffolk County

Designating Agency: CEA Recorded Date Effective
Date
Reason for Designation
Suffolk,
County of

Lands contemplated for acquistion by the county, known as:

1-11-88 2-10-88

benefit to human health & protect drinking water


Central Suffolk Pine Barrens in Brookhaven 1-11-88 2-10-88 benefit to human health & protect drinking water
South Setauket Woods 1-11-88 2-10-88 benefit to human health & protect drinking water
Oak Brush Plains 1-11-88 2-10-88 benefit to human health & protect drinking water
Central Suffolk Pine Barrens in Riverhead 1-11-88 2-10-88 benefit to human health & protect drinking water
Scallop Pond in Southampton (pdf file, 305 kb) 1-11-88 2-10-88 benefit to human health & protect drinking water
Accabonac Harbor in East Hampton (pdf file, 286 kb) 1-11-88 2-10-88 benefit to human health & protect drinking water
Western Extension Special Groundwater Protection Area 1-11-88 2-10-88
Peconic Bay and Environs 1-25-89 2-21-89 benefit to human health & protect drinking water
Fishers Island (pdf file, 153 kb) 2-13-90 3-16-90 benefit to human health & protect drinking water

Special Groundwater Protection Areas [as required
by Article 55 of ECL filed by
Long Island Regional Planning Board]

3-19-93 4-18-93

protect groundwater
protect groundwater
protect groundwater
protect groundwater
protect groundwater
protect groundwater
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protect groundwater
protect groundwater

Towns of Babylon and Brookhaven
Designating Agency: CEA Recorded Date Effective
Date
Reason for Designation
Babylon,
Town of
Ketcham's Creek Freshwater Wetlands (3 parcels) (pdf file, 265 kb) 9-30-88 10-30-88 protect creek bed & wildlife habitat
Santrapoque Creek Freshwater Wetlands (3 parcels) (pdf file, 284 kb) 9-30-88 10-30-88 protect freshwater wetland floodplain
Santrapoque Creek Tidal Wetlands (7 parcels) (pdf file, 277 kb) 9-30-88 10-30-88 protect tidal wetland
Wheaty Heights Freshwater Wetlands (4 parcels) (pdf file, 186 kb) 9-30-88 10-30-88 protect a red maple swamp
Carlls River Freshwater Wetlands (1 parcel) (pdf file, 161 kb) 9-30-88 10-30-88 protect freshwater wetland
Mud Creek Tributary Freshwater Wetlands (1 parcel) (pdf file, 279 kb) 9-30-88 10-30-88 protect freshwater wetland
Remnant Tributary of Caryls River (6 parcels) 9-30-88 10-30-88 protect freshwater wetland
Supwams Creek (2 parcels) (pdf file, 198 kb) 9-30-88 10-30-88 protect former & remaining wetland
Brookhaven,
Town of
Route 25A Corridor 2-11-86 3-13-86 protect public health, open space, wetlands
Middle Island - Yaphank 2-11-86 3-13-86 protect public health, open space, wetlands
Coastal Zone Area South 5-18-87 6-17-87 protect public health, open space, wetlands

Easthampton - Southold including Towns of Huntington, and Southampton and the Villages of Lloyd Harbor and Quoque
Designating Agency: CEA Recorded Date Effective
Date
Reason for Designation
Easthampton, Town of Water Recharge Overlay District (pdf file, 90 kb) 1-13-88 2-12-88 protect groundwater & drinking water
Huntington, Town of Great Edgewood Tract (Oak Brush Plains within town) (pdf file, 197 kb) 2-11-86 3-13-86 significant & sensitive water recharge area
Lloyd Harbor, Village of Tidal Wetlands 3-28-86 4-27-86 protection of tidal wetlands
Quoque, Village of Tidal Wetlands 1-17-85 2-16-85 natural scenic beauty
Southampton, Town of Aquifer Protection Overlay District 4-23-84 6-20-84 preserve pure water quality
Shinnecock Indian Contact Period Village Fort (pdf file, 200 kb) 10-17-90 11-15-90 protect cultural, hisotoric, archaeological
Sugar Loaf Hill Shinnecock Indian Burial Ground (pdf file, 121 kb) 10-17-90 11-15-90 protect cultural, hisotoric, archaeological
Southold, Town of Cutchoque Harbor Wetlands (pdf file, 282 kb) 2-22-88 3-24-88 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Hallock's Bay (pdf file, 229 kb) 2-22-88 3-24-88 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Dam Pond (pdf file, 142 kb) 2-22-88 3-24-88 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Downs Creek (pdf file, 188 kb) 2-22-88 3-24-88 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Orient Creek (pdf file, 147 kb) 2-22-88 3-24-88 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
West Creek (pdf file, 216 kb) 2-22-88 3-24-88 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Richmond Creek and Beach (pdf file, 189 kb) 9-20-88 10-20-88 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Brush's Creek (pdf file, 135 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Cedar Beach Creek (pdf file, 124 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Corey Creek (pdf file, 189 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Deep Hole Creek (pdf file, 154 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Goldsmith Inlet (pdf file, 135 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Halls Creek (pdf file, 233 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Goose Creek (pdf file, 233 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Little Creek (pdf file, 179 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Mill Creek (pdf file, 199 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
Pipes Cove Creek (pdf file, 176 kb) 2-6-90 3-9-90 significant coastal fish & wildlife habitat
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