(Manorville, NY) Assemblyman Edward Hennessey was honored to attend the renaming and rededication of the Suffolk County Pine Barrens Trail Center, located in Manorville, as the Raymond P. Corwin Pine Barrens Trail Center.
(Left to right): NYS Senator Kenneth LaValle, town of Brookhaven Supervisor Edward Romaine, Mindy Block, NYS Assemblyman Steve Englebright, Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski, and NYS Assemblyman Edward Hennessey.
Elected officials from the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, and New York State as well as officials from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, the Suffolk County Board of Parks Trustees and the Suffolk County Water Authority joined together to rededicate the trail center and remember Ray Corwin, who was instrumental in the protection of the Pine Barrens.
In 1993 the NYS Legislature established a five-member commission to oversee the 100,000-acre Pine Barrens, which, in turn, unanimously appointed Mr. Corwin as the first executive director of the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission. Mr. Corwin, who died unexpectedly in 2010, was highly respected for his in-depth knowledge of the Pine Barrens and revered for his passion for the environment
