PROJECT OVERVIEW

The goals of this project are: 1. to assess the potential for restoring freshwater wetland, riparian and upland habitats that were extensively degraded by the operation of a former duck farm located on an 87-acre site in South Haven, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York that is now the Robinson Duck Farm County Park; and 2. prepare a preferred restoration plan for this park, which is surrounded by the 2,550-acre Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).  This plan, produced with input from a stakeholders workgroup, will consider structure demolition and debris clean-up, landform alteration, restoration of hydrological connections and invasive vegetation control for the 1,500 feet of riparian transition zone habitat along the Carmans River in the eastern portion of the park, as well as management strategies for the upland grassland habitat found in the central and western sections.  It will include discussion of park management objectives, and preliminary designs and costs for physical restoration activities.  As such, the plan will provide policymakers with technical guidance on recommendations for future park use and the implementation of habitat restoration actions over short- and long-term periods.  

Work started on this project in January 2009, and it will be completed in one year.  The County selected Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. in conjunction with Green Shield Ecology, Inc. and P.W. Grosser Consulting, as the project consultant after completing the Request for Proposals process.

Maps & Publications  

Maps & Publications

Proposed Habitat Concept Plan Map
Proposed Visitor Facilities Concept Plan Map

Long Island Duck Farm History and Ecosystem Restoration Opportunities
Suffolk County, Long Island, New York - February 2009

(1)     Main Report
(2)     Appendix A - Long Island Duck Farming History
(3)     Appendix B - Mud Creek Section 206 Preliminary Restoration Plan
(4)     Appendix C - Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Sampling Report
(5)     Appendix D - Duck Farm Industry and Impacts Report 

Power Point presentation:
Robinson Duck Farm County Park Habitat Restoration Feasibility Study
June 24, 2007

Maps relating to the Robinson Duck Farm:
Robinson Duck Farm Survey Map
Draft Habitat Map
Draft Topographic Map
Draft Base Map

Maps regarding two of the cemeteries surrounded by the
Suffolk County Robinson Duck Farm Park:
Carman-Miller Private Cemetery, South Haven, NY