by Marshall Brown | Jan 14, 2016 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water
Back in October 2015,  Save The Great South Bay was chosen by The Freshman Class at Sayville High School as the local non-profit they’d support this year.  They in turn were working with a local oyster company, Blue Island, to institute a local moratorium on...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 14, 2016 | Advocacy, Water Matters
Tomorrow at 12:30, I will be hosting the first episode of the first season of Water Matters (click here for live stream or for watching archived video) My guest will be Prof. Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook’s School of Atmospheric and Marine Science (SOMAS)....
by Marshall Brown | Jan 14, 2016 | Fixing Habitats
We have now over 2500 people in our Facebook Group Save The Great South Bay. Almost every day, someone posts something essential, informative, and often beautiful. Yesterday, we got something beautiful, maybe the most beautiful place on Long Island. This was not...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 12, 2016 | Bay Friendly Yards, Fixing Habitats
Support The moratorium on fertilizers and pesticides on lawn fertilizers on the South Shore. I say “on The South Shore” because other towns are about to join Sayville in this effort. Would you like to lead a local moratorium in your town and in solidarity?...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 10, 2016 | Fixing Habitats
I read the news over the last two days that the grounds of what was LaSalle Military Academy and before that the then 200+ acre estate was originally owned by Frederick Gilbert Bourne.  Under his stewardship, as the fifth President of The Singer Sewing Machine Company...
by Marshall Brown | Dec 16, 2015 | Fixing Habitats
On Dec 4th, I came back to Sayville to witness what could one day be of at least minor historical note.  Suffolk County was having installed one of its pilot onsite denitrification systems right there Sayville, my hometown.  A lottery was held by the county, and...
by Marshall Brown | Nov 25, 2015 | Bay Friendly Yards, Fixing Habitats
It is truly inspiring to see Sayville, the town I grew up in, and where my mom and one of my four sisters still lives, banding together in the fight to help save The Great South Bay. Â We’ve had a number of requests for literature already; Â All should know that...
by Marshall Brown | Nov 23, 2015 | Education, Fixing Habitats
The effort to reach the 16,000 people who call Sayville home has begun. Â Â Last week on a visit to a favorite local restaurant, The Cull House, I spoke with John Casey, the longtime owner about the local moratorium we are seeking to put in place around pesticides and...
by Marshall Brown | Oct 28, 2015 | Fixing Habitats
Can one South Shore village help to save The Great South Bay, or at least their little corner of it?   Sayville High School’s Freshman Class has forced this question.  They decided to adopt The Great South Bay as the non-profit they would support this year.  ...
by Marshall Brown | Oct 5, 2015 | Education, Fixing Habitats
Each year, each grade at Sayville High School chooses a cause or a non-profit to support.  This year, the Freshmen of Sayville High School chose “Save The Great South Bay” as their non-profit.   It was Doug Shaw, who teaches English at The High School...
by Marshall Brown | Oct 1, 2015 | Featured, Fixing Habitats
The National Parks Service has issued a public request for comment as part of the process of coming up with a plan to manage  ‘The Breach” aka Old Inlet aka New Inlet aka Bellport Inlet that was opened up on Fire Island by Hurricane Sandy at...
by Marshall Brown | Aug 11, 2015 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats
In the wake of our 3rd Annual Bash this last Friday, a number have been asking “How can I help? How can I volunteer?” Â It’s an important question. Â As we approach 2300 in our Facebook Group, we are at the point where we can really begin to shape the...
