by Marshall Brown | Apr 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Lawn Fertilizer
Reposted From Grassroots Environmental Education: The Water of Long Island Needs Your Help Now. Yesterday, people around the world made a commitment to help protect our Earth and its natural resources. Maybe you were one of them. If so, now is the time to put that...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Lawn Fertilizer, Nitrogen Pollution
As many of you know, a law has been proposed in Albany that would mandate that lawn fertilizer contain no more than 12% nitrogen in the bag, and at least 50% non-soluble (slow release) nitrogen. With at least 10% of the nitrogen in the bay coming from lawn...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water
Kudos to Grassroots Environmental Education, our partner in the I Love Long Island Campaign for ‘bay friendly yards’!  Thanks to them and to Assemblyman Steve Englebright, Chair, Committee on Environmental Conservation and Kemp Hannon,Senate Health...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 17, 2018 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards
Hiring a landscaper for 2018? For the sake of our bays and our drinking water, make sure they are being ‘green’ about it. Ask them to use a mulching mower so that the grass clippings (or the leaves in the fall) can feed your lawn. That is the best food...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 1, 2017 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Lawn Fertilizer, News, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Septic Tanks
By any measure, this was a landmark week for those who for years have sought to address Long Island’s nitrogen pollution issues. First came the announcement by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone that a pilot program has been proposed that over the next two...
by Marshall Brown | May 3, 2016 | Bay Friendly Yards, Education
I was recently asked to speak before Girl Scout Troop #217 (Bayport-Blue Point) by Troop Leader Amy Prince about The Great South Bay and what they could do to help it. Â Â They decided to help the bay by asking people in their community to make a pledge not to use...
