To the Editor:

In response to “Rush to Judgment” (4/22) by Kyle Gronostajski, I strongly support his recommendation to wait for further research and monitoring of the area between Beck and Rosemma in Holgate before reclassifying the area for building and possibly setting a precedent that may interfere with the natural evolution of wetland processes in other areas.

As mentioned in his letter, the 2014 U.S. Geological Survey study, “Hurricane Sandy Response-Barrier Island and Estuarine Wetland Physical Change…

April 29, 2015