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Farmers Worry Draft Mecox Management Plan Places Priority On Threatened Birds Over Them

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Jennifer Halsey Dupree's family has been farming land located on Mecox Bay for nearly 13 generations. GREG WEHNER

Jennifer Halsey Dupree's family has been farming land located on Mecox Bay for nearly 13 generations. GREG WEHNER

Jennifer Halsey Dupree's family has been farming land located on Mecox Bay for nearly 13 generations. GREG WEHNER

Jennifer Halsey Dupree's family has been farming land located on Mecox Bay for nearly 13 generations. GREG WEHNER

Jennifer Halsey Dupree's family has been farming land located on Mecox Bay for nearly 13 generations. GREG WEHNER

Jennifer Halsey Dupree's family has been farming land located on Mecox Bay for nearly 13 generations. GREG WEHNER

Jennifer Halsey Dupree's family has been farming land located on Mecox Bay for nearly 13 generations. GREG WEHNER

Jennifer Halsey Dupree's family has been farming land located on Mecox Bay for nearly 13 generations. GREG WEHNER

Heavy machinery is used to dig a trench between Mecox Bay and the Atlanti Ocean. GREG WEHNER

Heavy machinery is used to dig a trench between Mecox Bay and the Atlanti Ocean. GREG WEHNER

Flooding along Flying Point Road is common when the Southampton Town Trustees cannot open the Mecox Cut. GREG WEHNER

Flooding along Flying Point Road is common when the Southampton Town Trustees cannot open the Mecox Cut. GREG WEHNER

authorGreg Wehner on Nov 15, 2018
The opening and closing of the Mecox Cut is something that the Southampton Town Trustees have done dating back to a time when the channel flushing Mecox Bay was hand-dug... more

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