An Open Letter to the People of Old Lyme About Recent Mile Creek Gravel Pit Public Hearing

To the Editor:
An Open Letter to the People of Old Lyme

I truly think that the Public Hearing this evening at 5:30 p.m. in the Old Lyme Town Hall is our last best chance to protect this precious Mile Creek River, this habitat. With the start of full-time quarrying operations at the gravel pit, the peace, the quiet, the wildlife are all about to disappear. 

I wish I could have been more effective in helping to protect this, As Claudia Weicker, from R.T.P. Audubon called it when she visited our home, it is an incredible  habitat, a birder’s dream. She truly loved the place. 

Please, encourage your neighbors to attend and make their concerns be heard. If there is a large turnout the hearing may be continued. 

So this may be a bit of a long haul, But not anywhere near as long or loud as the Gravel Pit operation will be …  

Thank you. 

Sincerely,

Peter Caron

Old Lyme.