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 | 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 | 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 | Nov 29, 2021 | Creek Defender, Pollution, Water Quality
On the cold, blustery morning of Saturday, November 27th, Save The Great South Bay partnered up with Keep Islip Clean to conduct a clean up at the headwaters to Champlin Creek. Champlin Creek is one of the 50 creeks across the South Shore that lead into the Great...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jul 8, 2021 | Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Pollution, Water Quality
Want to help us collect data on debris? There’s an app for that. The Clean Swell app. At Save The Great South Bay, we are firm believers in the age old adage of you can’t manage what you can’t measure. Starting in 2021 and in collaboration with the...
