Notification of Sken:nen Park Environmental Assessment Comment Period

Dec 7, 2023

AKWESASNE -- (Tsiothóhrha/December 7, 2023) The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Environment Division is notifying community members that a 30-day Public Comment Period is being provided for an environmental assessment. The Sken:nen Park Revitalization Project is the proposed creation of two outdoor recreational park spaces along the east and west banks of the Saint Regis River. The west park is scheduled for construction first, with an expected start date of spring 2024, and completion in fall 2024. It will be located on Gray Street, immediately downstream of the Hogansburg bridge. Construction of the east park is expected to begin in spring 2025 with completion in fall 2025. It will be located at the property of the former hydroelectric power dam building on Mill Street.

The submitted environmental assessment is available to view here https://bit.ly/3GRdsRT For a copy, or questions about the Environmental Assessment process, please contact Dylan Herne, SRMT Environmental Assessment Coordinator at dylan.herne@srmt-nsn.gov or (518) 358-5937 Ext. 5079.

Public comments may be submitted to public.comment@srmt-nsn.gov no later than Saturday, Tsiothohrkó:wa/January 6, 2024.

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The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council is the duly elected and federally recognized government of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe.