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Teaming up with Keep Islip Clean on Pardees Creek

Teaming up with Keep Islip Clean on Pardees Creek

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...
Brown’s River Spoils Site Set to Decimate Native Forest

Brown’s River Spoils Site Set to Decimate Native Forest

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...
Champlin Creek Champions

Champlin Creek Champions

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...
A Swell App To Measure Debris

A Swell App To Measure Debris

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...
Pump Out, Don’t Dump Out!

Pump Out, Don’t Dump Out!

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jul 3, 2021 | Algal Blooms, Boat Sewage, Creek Defender, Fishing and Boating, Water Quality

To all our boater friends – help protect marine life of our Bay.  Raw sewage in our waterways causes pollution, algal blooms, possible diseases for shellfish areas, and can close areas for swimming. – pump out, don’t dump out. Our Creek Defenders...
Clean Up a Shore Thing in Patchogue

Clean Up a Shore Thing in Patchogue

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | May 1, 2021 | Creek Defender, Water Quality

Despite a cloudy start to the day, it was a “shore” thing as Patchogue Creek Defender James Acierno partnered with local nautical brand Old Soldier and the team at Blue Point Brewing Company and our steady dates for this Creek Defender season, Starbucks,...
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