by Mindy Block
The Suffolk County cyberattack was months ago; their website is essentially still down. Local residents are being referred to Suffolk County Parks Facebook page regarding hunting and safety issues.
Yet, only local residents with Facebook accounts who also know how to search for posts related to hunting can find this information.
Quality Parks contacted Suffolk County representatives offering our consultation services to create a deer hunting page similar to the one used by NYSDEC.
The Suffolk County cyberattack was months ago; their website is essentially still down. Local residents are being referred to Suffolk County Parks Facebook page regarding hunting and safety issues.
Yet, only local residents with Facebook accounts who also know how to search for posts related to hunting can find this information.
Quality Parks contacted Suffolk County representatives offering our consultation services to create a deer hunting page similar to the one used by NYSDEC.
NYSDEC provides an easy to review page for hunting, while Suffolk County Parks directed us to their Facebook page via an explanatory phone call. From what we gathered, deer hunting season begins in Oct/Nov and runs through end of January. And what we hadn't realized was the extent hunting opportunities. Updating our own pages with which parks allow hunting became a daunting task.
More broadly speaking, Quality Parks is now more concerned that expanding hunting opportunities means limited public access to favorite parks. We have yet to discern what parks allow mixed use recreation. And how the general public and hunters are educated on ways to minimize their impacts on each other's recreational experience.
Even at the most basic level, Suffolk County urgently needs to at least match what the NYSDEC Hunting Information page provides: an overview map, a table listing of where hunting is allowed, and direct links to detailed park maps. Quality Parks could easily organize and provide this information, while Suffolk County's existing IT staff and paid contractors continue to work on more pressing issues. Quality Parks is familiar with local parks and web page construction and design, currently maintaining LI Parks & Park Resource pages. But in order to accomplish this task, we would also need to be paid for services rendered.
All that we can do for now is to inform county representatives (done yesterday) about the limitations of using Facebook, and to convey to the public some of the information we directly found on this social media.
More broadly speaking, Quality Parks is now more concerned that expanding hunting opportunities means limited public access to favorite parks. We have yet to discern what parks allow mixed use recreation. And how the general public and hunters are educated on ways to minimize their impacts on each other's recreational experience.
Even at the most basic level, Suffolk County urgently needs to at least match what the NYSDEC Hunting Information page provides: an overview map, a table listing of where hunting is allowed, and direct links to detailed park maps. Quality Parks could easily organize and provide this information, while Suffolk County's existing IT staff and paid contractors continue to work on more pressing issues. Quality Parks is familiar with local parks and web page construction and design, currently maintaining LI Parks & Park Resource pages. But in order to accomplish this task, we would also need to be paid for services rendered.
All that we can do for now is to inform county representatives (done yesterday) about the limitations of using Facebook, and to convey to the public some of the information we directly found on this social media.
Suffolk County Hunting Sites
- Arshamomaque Preserve & County Park - Greenport, Southold
- Beagle Club County Park - Calverton, Riverhead
- Brushes Creek- Laurel, Southold
- Buckskill County Park - Wainscott, East Hampton
- Cackle Hill - Shelter Island
- Calverton Wetlands County Park - Calverton, Riverhead
- Cedar Point County Park - East Hampton
- Corey Creek Park - Southold, Southold
- Crab Creek - Shelter Island
- Cranberry Bog Nature Preserve - Riverside, Southampton
- Dering Woods - Shelter Island
- Dwarf Pine Plains County Park - Westhampton Beach, Southampton
- East Moriches County Park - East Moriches, Brookhaven
- Edward V. Ecker, Sr. County Park - Montauk, East Hampton
- Flanders County Park - Flanders, Southampton
- Forge River Watershed County Park - Mastic, Brookhaven
- Gordon Heights County Park - Gordon Heights, Brookhaven
- Hog Creek Woodland - Springs, East Hampton
- Hubbard County Park (#13-17) - Flanders/Hampton Bays, Southampton
- Inlet Pond County Park - Greenport, Southold
- Jacob's Farm - Springs, East Hampton
- John T. Donohue Preserve - East Quogue, Southampton
- Laurel Lake County Park (Aldrich Lane) - Laurel, Southold
- Laurel Lake County Park (Sound Avenue) - Mattituck, Southold
- Laurel Valley County Park, - Noyac, Southampton
- Long Springs County Park - North Sea, Southampton
- Longwood County Park - Ridge, Brookhaven
- Manorville Hills County Park - Manorville, Brookhaven
- Manorville Prairie County Park - Manorville, Brookhaven
- Manorville Woods - Manorville, Brookhaven
- Mattituck Woods - Mattituck, Southold
- Middle Island County Park - Middle Island, Brookhaven
- Miller Place Yaphank Road County Park - Miller Place, Brookhaven
- North Fork County Park - Northville, Riverhead
- North Neck County Park - Montauk, East Hampton
- Northville Bluff County Park - Riverhead, Riverhead
- Northwest Harbor CP & CP Creek - Northwest Harbor, East Hampton
- Overton Woods - Coram, Brookhaven
- Peconic Headwaters County Park - Ridge, Brookhaven
- Pine Meadow County Park - Eastport, Southampton
- Robinson Duck Farm County Park - Brookhaven, Brookhaven
- Rock Hill County Park - Manorville, Brookhaven
- Ruth Oliva Preserve at Dam Pond - East Marion, Southold
- Saw Mill Creek County Park - Riverhead, Riverhead
- Saw Mill Creek Headwaters County Park - Riverhead, Riverhead
- Seatuck Creek County Park - Eastport, Southampton
- Six Pole Woodland - Wainscott, East Hampton
- Sound View Dunes - Peconic, Southold
- South Manorville County Park - South Manorville, Brookhaven
- Stony Hill Woods County Park - Amagansett, East Hampton
- St. Gabriel's Meadow - Shelter Island
- Suffolk Hills CP (North&South) - Northampton, Brookhaven/Southampton
- Three Mile Harbor (Boys & Girls Harbor) - Northwest Harbor, East Hamp.
- Turkem's Rest - Shelter Island
- Warbler Woods County Park - Yaphank, Brookhaven
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