Have a Bay Friendly Yard

Have a Bay Friendly Yard

Hiring a landscaper for 2018?  For the sake of our bays and our drinking water, make sure they are being ‘green’ about it. Ask them to use a mulching mower so that the grass clippings (or the leaves in the fall) can feed your lawn. That is the best food...
Shop At Amazon Smile — Help Our Bay

Shop At Amazon Smile — Help Our Bay

Do it for the baby Diamondback Terrapin! Save The Great South Bay is a strong supporter of South Shore businesses.   If, however, there are items that you were ready to purchase on Amazon anyway, why not buy them through Amazon Smile, so that a portion of the proceeds...
The Ingredients For Any STGSB Event

The Ingredients For Any STGSB Event

They would be Drink The Bay Clean, live music, oysters. After that, all we need is the occasion! Save The Great South Bay has enjoyed just incredible support, and by the time the dust settled on the year, we’d had ten events thrown on our behalf to support the...
By The Rivers Of Babylon

By The Rivers Of Babylon

On Earth Day, April 22nd, Save The Great South Bay launched The Creek Defender Program in Babylon on Carll’s River.   Working with The Village: Babylon High School and the Elementary School, the PTA and the parents,   as well as with South Shore Paddle...
Can A Beer Save A Bay?

Can A Beer Save A Bay?

As 2017 winds down, as the sun, ever lower on the horizon, yields the gorgeous sunrises and sunsets of The Great South Bay of Fall and Winter, while in our marinas our boats are stowed for the winter, we’ve time to reflect on what was a very eventful year. 2017...
Mosquito Control:  Out of Control

Mosquito Control: Out of Control

Yes, Vector Control is back, having had their funding renewed by The Suffolk County Legislature.  So these next three days, as will be the case every two weeks throughout the summer, the copters will be flying again.   We can only hope for the sake of our marshes,...