Our mission is to preserve
the environment and ecology of Montauk
The mission of the Concerned Citizens of Montauk is to preserve the environment and ecology of Montauk. To accomplish this mission, CCOM will endeavor to support and aid projects that preserve the natural resources of Montauk; apprise the citizens and governing bodies of the necessity and duty under law to protect and preserve the water, land, air and wildlife of Montauk; propose and support legislation that will enhance, promote and foster preservation of the environment and ecology of Montauk and enlist the aid of governing bodies and the courts to enforce those existing laws that pertain to the preservation of the environment and ecology of Montauk.
Today CCOM consists of over 800 local residents making it Montauk's largest Not For Profit organization and our record of accomplishments testifies to CCOM’s effectiveness as an advocate for Montauk.
CCOM was founded in 1970 by Hilda Lindley who lived in a private house in the middle of what is now Theodore Roosevelt County Park. Hilda was alarmed when she learned that developers had plans to put 1,400 housing units in the area of Big Reed Pond and to construct a second inlet into Lake Montauk from Shagwong Point. She put an ad in the East Hampton Star inviting anyone who was interested to come to a meeting at a private home. Those who showed up became the first members of CCOM. It took three years and countless hours of travel and testimony, but Hilda and the original CCOM prevailed upon the State to establish the entire Indian Fields area as a county park. To learn more, read Holding Back The Tide, CCOM's 35 year struggle to protect Montauk.
