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Steps taken to restore narrow bar of land separates Port Bay from Lake Ontario

A bar that protects the sometimes-angry waters of Lake Ontario from rolling into Port Bay in Wayne County continues to erode. Where cottages once stood as late as the 1960s is now a narrow band of land that has been battered over the years by fierce waves and high winds.

Losing the East Barrier Bar would be devastating to the water quality and ecosystems of the bay, Lindsey Gerstenslager, manager of the Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District, told the Wayne County Board of Supervisors Public Works Committee Tuesday.

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