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)Â 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: Â 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...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 28, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
The Great South Bay is where the results of all our human activities end up, as is true for all our bays, rivers and ponds. Â Â Given how many of Long Island’s waters are under stress, it is very important that each of us do what we can to limit the damage. Â ...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 22, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
Too bad our politicians Senator Charles Schumer and Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone announced November 19th, just a couple of weeks after Sandy, that they were moving to try and close The Old Inlet, which reopened after 175 years following Hurricane Sandy,...
