HAMMOND â An expanse of marsh land at the southwest corner of St. Lawrence County has been restored in a private-public partnership to improve fish habitat.
As part of the Fish Habitat Conservation Strategy developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the Blind Bay Wetlands Restoration Project pooled resources from the Thousand Islands Land Trust, Ducks Unlimited, the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the U.S. Department of Agricultureâs Natural Resource Conservation Service and landowners from the Chippewa Point Road Association.
Along the St. Lawrence River in the town of Hammond, north of the hamlet of Chippewa Bay, Blind Bay is an inlet of the St. Lawrence River, with the marsh complex connecting the Blind Bay to Sand Bay at the northern tip of Chippewa Bay. A healthy marsh connection is crucial, as Chippewa Bay is the largest shallow water coastal ecosystem on the Upper St. Lawrence. The area bo