by | Jun 11, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
From WNYC : Last Chance Foods — Something in The Water June 7th, 2013 Audio below: NYPR On-Demand Radioundefined via Wnyc Summer is right around the corner, which means many of us will head out to Long Island for clams bakes and time on the beach. But...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 11, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
The latest from SCERP — Stony Brook Southhampton Coastal and Estuarine Research Program This is happening because our waters are polluted by 100K+ septic tanks in Suffolk, by people who use lawn fertilizer, by 2000 outfall pipes dumping storm runoff into our...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 11, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Today’s Breach Report comes to us from “Mike T,” who was out boating in Bellport Bay yesterday.  Here’s the picture he submitted, with his commentary: “This would have been a brown trail last year. Water is so clean. Keep thinking...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 10, 2013 | Cleaner Water
It was a winding rough and eventually wet week on the Great South Bay, and the surf was up.   Above is a telephoto shot of the surf at The New Inlet from a dock on Bellport Bay.  Lots of blue fish being caught off the dock and in Bellport.  Ospreys spotted on the...
by | Jun 7, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Brown tide press release Southampton, NY, June 7th 2013 – A brown tide has emerged within some, but not all, of Long Island’s south shore estuaries. Monitoring by The Gobler Laboratory of Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences has revealed...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 6, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Sadly, but predictably, we were right.   The torrential rains Andrea brought also washed millions and millions of gallons of contaminated ground water waste into our ponds, streams, rivers and bays, and forced the closure of a number of beaches on Long Island.    ...
