by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | May 5, 2022 | Education, Podcast, Pollution, Water Quality
We welcome guest blogger Albert Poulos, Founder of Jetsam Salvage, on the topic of plastics. Save The Great South Bay has teamed up with Jetsam on a long-sleeved shirt that is made completely out of recycled plastics. Proceeds of the shirt support our...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Apr 26, 2022 | Creek Defender, Podcast
Reporting in from Blue Point: “Thank you to all the volunteers and coordinators who helped with this morning’s Save The Great South Bay Blue Point Creek Defender event! We cleaned up the parking lot, beach area, dock plus we had a group of volunteers kayak in the...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Apr 26, 2022 | Creek Defender, Podcast
Reporting in from Bayport: On Sunday, April 10th, Bayport Creek Defender Bob Draffin was joined by the Bayport Bluepoint Junior Civic Association for a great local clean up along the Bayport waterways. They collected nearly 350 pounds of debris and one of the kids...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
