Committee told wetland permitting requirement complicates Cuba Lake dredging

Sep 2, 2026

Staff said the DEC has designated the boat-launch dredge area at Cuba Lake as a wetland, requiring wetland permitting and making sediment removal near the launch more complex; the committee discussed uncertainty about whether the lakebed area qualifies as a wetland.

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A staff member told the Resource Management Committee that dredging needed near the boat launch at Cuba Lake has been complicated by a DEC determination that the area is a wetland, triggering wetland permitting.

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