by Marshall Brown | Apr 21, 2016 | Cleaner Water, Featured
Sewering is crucial to saving The Great South Bay. Without it, nitrogen from our cesspools and septic tanks will continue to leech into our groundwater, then on to the bay, triggering brown tide and other algal blooms. Resurrecting our shellfishing industry depends on...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 21, 2016 | Advocacy, Education
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0sPthfadd9E The Great South Bay. For hundreds of years, it was a ‘shellfish factory’: oysters, then clams. This shallow lagoon on The South Shore of Long Island provided half of all the hard shell clams eaten in this country. For...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 7, 2016 | Cleaner Water, Education
Airing tomorrow on Water Matters is a presentation by and interview of Enrico Nardone, Â Executive Director of The Seatuck Environmental Association. Â Â I have a great fondness for Seatuck. Â They do great work as environmental educators and advocates. Â If you...
by Marshall Brown | Feb 29, 2016 | Cleaner Water
Last August 29th, South Shore Paddleboards of Babylon ran a race at The Bayshore Yacht Club, with a portion of the proceeds — $500 — going to Save The Great South Bay. We are very grateful for their generosity, and we are all looking forward to The Second...
by Marshall Brown | Feb 22, 2016 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water
In Suffolk County, the application of lawn fertilizers between November 1st and April 1st is prohibited: From the county Healthy Lawns web page: “To protect Long Island’s waters, applying fertilizer in Suffolk County from November 1 to April 1 is...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 30, 2016 | Advocacy, Education, The Breach
One of the directors of Save the Great South Bay, Stephen Borghardt, hitched a ride in Dave Sieglinger’s two seater to take a gander at how “The New Inlet” is faring post-Jonas. Here is what Stephen had to say: “It looks very healthy and maybe...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 30, 2016 | Advocacy, Water Matters
On our Friday web stream of Water Matters, we had as our guest Dr. Sarah Meyland, Director of the Center for Water Resources Management at The New York Institute of Technology. Her presentation was a call to action, a must-see and a must-know. We live on top of our...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 21, 2016 | Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Great Atlantic Shellfish Farms, located in Islip, NY, reached out to Save The Great South Bay because it is launching a new program:   Oyster Gardening.  The program, which consists of four evening classes, then a summer of gardening your own oysters, is...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 20, 2016 | Cleaner Water
As many of you already know, I am hosting a video-streamed show called “Water Matters.” Â It runs through May 9th, streamed live at 12:30 on 10 Fridays between now at May 6th. Â The next show is January 29th. Â You can watch it live at the...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 19, 2016 | Cleaner Water, Shellfish
The New Jersey legislature has voted in favor of allowing oysters to be used to clean certain polluted waters in the state.  The bill sits now on Governor Christie’s desk.   Since 2010, it’s been illegal to plant oysters in polluted / uncertified...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 18, 2016 | Bay Friendly Yards
Save The Great South Bay has been contacted by a number of people from all over Long Island who interested bringing organic lawn care to their communities. Here’s how we can help: With Literature We will be happy to supply you with whatever materials you want,...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 15, 2016 | Algal Blooms, Education, Water Matters
Great show today! Â Chris boiled down 2 hours to 15 minutes. Really happy he was the first of our guests. Â The table is set! Now check out the accompanying slide show! ...
