With the failure of the dam at West Brook, we all have a golden opportunity to engage in some essential habitat restoration, The fact …
Category: Creek Defender
29 results found“We” Cleaned Mill Pond
Originally posted with The Suffolk County News, June 20th. Reprinted with permission here. By James Bertsch SAYVILLE—Self-interest offers no solutions for pollution. In fact, …
Repel The Invaders And Help Save The Great South Bay
As those familiar with this organization knows, we are dedicated to habitat restoration, whether along our creeks via The Creek Defender Program, or on …
Coffee With The Supervisor: Native Plantings, Methoprene
This week, Ed Romaine's guest is Marshall Brown. Executive Director of Save The Great South Bay. Together they discuss Native Plantings, invasives, and methoprene.
Massapequa Creek Defenders: Preserving Their Preserve
It was a surprisingly wet Saturday in Massapequa for its first Creek Defender Day May 4th, this Saturday. The spring has been a soggy …
Bayshore Creek Defender Day: Joining Forces For The Penataquit
Some 40 hearty souls came out on Saturday May 4th to help clean up The Penataquit. Thanks to Seatuck, The First Baptist Church, The Bayshore Interact Club, Keep Islip Clean, The Bayshore Beautification Society and the local YMCA, the creek is starting to get the attention it deserves.
A Passion For The Bay (Via Suffolk County News)
Marshall Brown of Sayville grew up within a block of The Great South Bay. He's come home, and his mission is to save it.
Creek Defender Day in Babylon: A Team Effort!
Babylon's Third Annual Creek Defender Day drew 65 volunteers despite early threatening weather. We worked hard both in the trash removal and in the planting or a Native Forest that will act as a filter for groundwater entering into Carll's River and therefore The Great South Bay.
Attention Bayport! Volunteer To Pitch In With Your Creek Defender Bob Draffin Today!
Bob Draffin, President of The Bayport Civic Association and now President of The Sayville Rotary Club, is now Bayport’s Creek Defender! In the video …
Defending Patchogue’s Creeks
Join your Creek Defenders and the rest of The Patchogue Community and help The Great South Bay!
Plastic Bags ‘Proposed’ to Be Banned in New York
New York State lawmakers have agreed to impose a statewide ban on most types of single-use plastic bags from retail sales, changing a way …
A Green New Deal For The South Shore and The Great South Bay
If we are to save The Great South Bay, it will require that each community along The South Shore mobilizes around clean ups, native plantings, bay friendly native yards that are fertilizer and pesticide free, that all constituencies are actively involved. We cant wait for help from above. Its up to us. That's OUR Green New Deal.