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Scouts Take On Sampawams Creek

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Apr 25, 2022 | Fixing Habitats, Podcast

Hard working group from troop 399 and leader Joe Fatuzzo cleaned trash from the parked; helped haul out 2 tires, baby mattress springs; a chaise lounge; and 2 pipes. Creek Defenders Ed Ragan and Andy Mirchel cleared 2 damned areas with the scouts helping remove limbs...
West Islip Cleans Up Sampawams Creek

West Islip Cleans Up Sampawams Creek

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Apr 25, 2022 | Creek Defender, Podcast

On Saturday, March 19th in West Islip, a group of more than 40 volunteers shrugged off the forecast and successfully cleared trash from several locations along Sampawams Creek. Budding environmentalists from West Islip High School performed testing the ‘A Day In...
Teaming up with Keep Islip Clean on Pardees Creek

Teaming up with Keep Islip Clean on Pardees Creek

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Mar 30, 2022 | Creek Defender

On Sunday, March 27th, the Save The Great South Bay Creek Defenders teamed up with Keep Islip Clean for a cleanup in a small section of Pardees Creek where it goes under Spur Drive. A small crew worked well at this clean up as there wasn’t much space along the...
NYS Freshwater Wetlands Act Due for a Makeover

NYS Freshwater Wetlands Act Due for a Makeover

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Feb 21, 2022 | Education, Fixing Habitats, Marshlands, Wetlands

Save The Great South Bay, 501(c)3 is a proud signatory on the letter below urging leadership to protect our remaining wetlands and enact strong reforms to New York State’s Freshwater Wetlands Act in the One House Budget Proposals. The letter was written and...
Brown’s River Upland Spoils Disposal Sites

Brown’s River Upland Spoils Disposal Sites

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Feb 4, 2022 | Advocacy, Fixing Habitats, Marshlands

February 4, 2022 Dear County Executive Bellone, Thank you for agreeing to a strategic pause to the construction of a dredge spoil dewatering facility to allow for better public input into the site selection process. As you are aware, we are opposed to the planned...
Coastal Changes, Coastal Choices

Coastal Changes, Coastal Choices

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jan 31, 2022 | Advocacy, Fixing Habitats, Podcast, Water Matters

On this episode of Water Matters, we are joined by Kevin McAllister of Defend H2O to discuss how physical coastal changes are influenced by climate change, how policy can protect our coastal resources, and what this all means for the Great South Bay and Long Island as...
Cesspools, Septics and The Great South Bay

Cesspools, Septics and The Great South Bay

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jan 15, 2022 | Advocacy, Cleaner Water, Nitrogen Pollution, Podcast, Septic Tanks, Water Matters

On this episode of Water Matters, we are joined by Katherine Coughlin of The North Shore Land Alliance, with the support of The Nature Conservancy, to discuss how updating cesspools or septic systems can not only save homeowners money, but also help save the Great...
Brown’s River Upland Spoils Disposal Sites

Brown’s River Spoils Site Set to Decimate Native Forest

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jan 4, 2022 | Advocacy, Creek Defender, Marshlands

While Save The Great South Bay, 501(c)3 understands and supports the need for emergency dredging along the Brown’s River for safety and navigational purposes, we must express our opposition to the removal of the long established Red Maple Swamp Forest on the southern...
Water Matters: Hard Clam Restoration in the GSB

Water Matters: Hard Clam Restoration in the GSB

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Dec 16, 2021 | Podcast

On this episode of Water Matters we speak with Vincent Biondo, Town of Babylon Waterways Management, and Bill Zeller, Proprietor of Captree Clam about the Town’s initiative to restore clams to the Great South Bay.  ...
Bay Friendly Yard Tip #3

Bay Friendly Yard Tip #3

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Dec 16, 2021 | Bay Friendly Yards

Bay Friendly Yard Tip #3 Tree Type Matters Choose trees that are hosts to the largest number of native species. Here’s our fave 5!   “Not all trees are created equal,” says Frank Piccininni, Director of Habitat Restoration at Save The Great...
Bay Friendly Yard Tip #2

Bay Friendly Yard Tip #2

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Dec 15, 2021 | Bay Friendly Yards

Bay Friendly Yard Tip #2 is to plant trees in clusters. The roots graft making them more storm-resistant. Trees are also stronger in groups. Cluster planting helps limit canopy size making them less vulnerable to winds. “Like people, trees need friends”,...
Champlin Creek Champions

Champlin Creek Champions

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Nov 29, 2021 | Creek Defender, Pollution, Water Quality

On the cold, blustery morning of Saturday, November 27th, Save The Great South Bay partnered up with Keep Islip Clean to conduct a clean up at the headwaters to Champlin Creek. Champlin Creek is one of the 50 creeks across the South Shore that lead into the Great...
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