by Marshall Brown | Apr 22, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
Photographer Michael Busch has been perhaps the most prolific photographer/filmographer of The New Inlet, a subject worthy of his talents. ...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 22, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
Published on Apr 21, 2013 This is the breach created during tropical storm Sandy. This new inlet has revitalized the Great South Bay in the area of the New Inlet. It is amazing how clean the Bay is! — Philip...
by Artie Kopelman | Apr 20, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
Cupsogue Beach County Park – CRESLI seal research trip and walk on 4/20/13: About 35 harbor seals at 7:50 AM (30 hauled-out; 5 in water) during research observation. The rain ended at 8, and I returned at 9:15 with the seal walk group, there were 42 harbor seals...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 20, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
This film was created by Justin for his Environmental Media class at Stony Brook University. Enjoy!
by Marshall Brown | Apr 19, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
Another stunning shot from Charles Flagg’s photographer as they flew over the breach/Old Inlet on the 17th.
by Marshall Brown | Apr 19, 2013 | Cleaner Water
Just stunningly beautiful. The SoMAS team studying The New Inlet is bringing photographers up with them on the flyovers now, clearly.
by Marshall Brown | Apr 18, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
Save The Great South Bay applauds Lawrence Downes for his editorial piece in the New York Times For April 18th: Fire Island’s Lucky Break. The breach / New Inlet is flushing and cleaning the bay, the evidence that it is causing any additional flooding is...
by John Hall | Apr 17, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
In an Orwellian irony, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the State’s bulwark against the forces of pollution and habitat destruction, is being pressured to do exactly the opposite of protecting the environment. It’s being called...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 16, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Since early November, when the news first broke that Hurricane Sandy had breached Fire Island in The Otis Pike High Dunes Wilderness Area, and that this ‘new inlet’ was to be left open at least for a time, The New Inlet has either been demonized as the...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 12, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
Prof. Christopher Gobler and his team at SCERP (Stony Brook Southampton Coastal Estuary Research Program) have just released some very interesting data on nitrogen levels in the eastern Great South Bay before and after Sandy and the New Inlet:...
by John Hall | Apr 11, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
A work in progress: Federal The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Home.aspx The 1996 Breach Contingency Plan Click to access ACOE-BCP-1996_web.pdf Recommendations for a Barrier Island Breach Management Plan for Fire Island National Seashore,...
by Artie Kopelman | Apr 8, 2013 | Cleaner Water
This weekend saw significant numbers of seals (94 harbor seals and 1 grey seal) hauled-out at Cupsogue Beach on a super windy Saturday April 06, 2013. The next day, a calm, spring-like day brought many people to view seals. Those that joined the...
