by Ava Herrera | Mar 17, 2025 | Cleaner Water
Photo: Mike Busch As we all know, The Great South Bay has been absorbing waste from leaky cesspools for far too long, leading to brown tides, contamination of ground water, and unsafe swimming conditions. Thankfully, hope is restored by the Clean Water Plan! On March...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Mar 3, 2025 | Fixing Habitats
Save The Great South Bay (SGSB) encourages residents to report bird carcasses, especially those found along our shoreline, to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) at https://tinyurl.com/yk3pwtsm. Encountering Dead Birds Along Creeks During our...
by Andy Mirchel | Dec 31, 2024 | Great South Bay Oyster Project
The Great South Bay Oyster Project The Great South Bay Oyster Project was launched in Spring 2020 with the purchase of 7,000 mature oysters from local oyster farmers to support their operations during restaurant shutdowns of the COVID pandemic. Working together with...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Dec 13, 2024 | Creek Defender
Presiding Office of the Legislature Kevin McCaffrey got in the weeds with us at our recent clean up along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon. This clean up was hosted in collaboration with the Babylon Rotary Club led by President Kristen Morse with support from former...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Dec 11, 2024 | Fixing Habitats
William Raftery is dogged in his love of the outdoors. Since 2016, Bill has spent over 830 days removing debris in and around Islip, especially along the Orowoc and Champlin Creeks. That’s two years plus another 100 days beyond that! Nothing is more beautiful to...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Nov 9, 2024 | Fixing Habitats
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Suffolk County voters resoundingly approved Ballot Proposition 2, the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act. This landmark decision will generate $4 billion to modernize wastewater infrastructure and combat nitrogen pollution,...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 20, 2024 | Fixing Habitats
It was a banner year for Save the Great South Bay’s (SGSB) volunteers chock full of brawn, babies and bandits. The brawn started with our very first volunteer from Suffolk’s Finest, the Suffolk Police Department, who pitched in in uniform on his way home from work. ...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 1, 2024 | Cleaner Water, Nitrogen Pollution, Water Quality
Prop 2 would restore clean, healthy water by drastically reducing nitrogen pollution. 2024 Fact Sheet – Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act Why Do We Support Prop 2? We all depend on clean water. For more than a decade, we’ve read about the harmful...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Sep 30, 2024 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats, Great South Bay Oyster Project
Save the Great South Bay Oyster Project Sanctuary & Community Oyster Gardens 2023/24 Prepared by Andy Mirchel, Program Chair on 09/20/24 Oyster Sanctuaries In 2023, Save the Great South Bay initiated two test Community Oyster Gardens (COGs) in collaboration with...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Sep 30, 2024 | Creek Defender, Education
On September 19th, 2024, Bay Shore High School High School’s Living Environment students in collaboration with Bay Shore HIgh School’s science research class, worked alongside Saving the Great South Bay’s Ed Ragan, to conduct science research for “A Day in the Life of...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | May 17, 2024 | Cleaner Water, Nitrogen Pollution, Water Quality
NEW YORK STATE SENATE PASSES SUFFOLK COUNTY WATER QUALITY RESTORATION ACT, DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS URGE GOVERNOR TO SIGN IMMEDIATELY (Newsday, 05/16/24) Albany, NY (May 16, 2024) – Today, the New York State Senate passed the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | May 8, 2024 | Fixing Habitats
Over two-dozen clean up garbage, invasive plants As seen in the Long Island Advance, 04/11/24 Written by SAM DESMOND On Sunday, April 7, Jason Borowski and the Blue Point Civic Association gathered at the property on Kennedy Avenue up the area as part of Save the...
