by Marshall Brown | May 30, 2014 | Education, Fixing Habitats
Here is the Part VÂ in the series, Can Long Island Be Saved? It reviews the 2nd and 3rd meetings that were called for by Governor Cuomo as we seek to develop solutions to Long Island’s groundwater, marine and estuarine pollution issues. Here are the presentations...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 16, 2014 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats
What follows is a roster of the 100+ organizations in The Long Island Clean Water Partnership, with websites for them embedded where available. The four charter organizations are listed first, then it proceeds alphabetically. The mission of the partnership is to build...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 9, 2014 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats
Released January 24th, 2014, this report is thorough, comprehensive, and alarming. Â The 350,000 septic tanks in Suffolk County are killing all our ponds, rivers, and bays. Lawn fertilizers, pesticides, toxic plumes, volatile household chemicals and improperly disposed...
by Marshall Brown | Oct 23, 2013 | Education, Featured
The artist Susan Brown of Sayville Long Island has painted a series of 72 paintings, all double sided, for a total of 144 paintings fo The Great South Bay, Fire Island, and The South Shore, particularly around her home town. Susan is autistic, but at 56 years old she...
by Marshall Brown | Oct 17, 2013 | Education
Here is a infographic on the impact of Nitrogen on shellfish.
by Marshall Brown | Oct 15, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats
This is so discouraging. The brown tide has come back with a vengeance. It is widespread (except at the inlets, the New Inlet included), and the longer it lasts, the more damage it will do to habitats and to shell fish and fin fish. As a result The Nature Conservancy...