by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Dec 1, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Creek Defender, GivingTuesday, Great South Bay Oyster Project
GivingTuesday is a very simple idea – a day that encourages people to pause for a moment, reflect on what’s important to them & simply do good. It is now a global movement and your chance to help the Great South Bay. Save The Great South Bay is a...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Nov 23, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Water Quality
People often ask how is the Great South Bay doing? Til now, it’s been a rhetorical question for the vast majority of us. One of our organization’s 2020 goals was to connect with the scientists who collect data in the Great South Bay. Each piece of data is...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 21, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Creek Defender, Education, Fixing Habitats, Pollution, Water Quality
On Saturday, October 17th, as part of the 35th Annual International Coastal Clean Up movement, Save the Great South Bay (STGSB) and Keep Islip Clean (KIC), two local environmental groups, teamed up with community members, including many Bay Shore High school...
by James Bertsch | Sep 23, 2020 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Water Quality
We all want to make a difference. It feels good when you do! We saved trees recently. Those trees are helping us save the Great South Bay. As Sayville Creek Defender, I helped lead Save the Great South’s first wide-scale invasive removal. It was a pilot. Thanks...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Sep 15, 2020 | Creek Defender
It was a perfectly beautiful day for sailing and much befitting the prestigious 2020 Mayor’s Cup Charity Regatta benefitting Save The Great South Bay which took place on Saturday, September 12th. Hosted by the South Bay Cruising Club and run by Race Committee...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jul 24, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Creek Defender, Eco Lawns, Fixing Habitats
On the banks of the beautiful Carll’s River in Babylon Village, just where it crosses under Park Avenue, you will find the Carll’s River Native Forest, a Save The Great South Bay habitat restoration project established in April 2019 as a collaborative effort with the...
