by Marshall Brown | Sep 5, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured
Rust Tide ” Long Island ” Cablevision EditorialsBecause of this nitrogen threat, the Peconic Baykeeper intends to sue the state DEC, saying it is failing to protect impaired estuaries from wastewater pollution. Meanwhile, a coalition of environmental...
by Marshall Brown | Aug 13, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
There is really no consensus on what to call the inlet created by Hurricane Sandy across from Bellport Bay and west of Smith Point.    Over at our Facebook Group, Save the Great South Bay, we have debated this and voted on this repeatedly. We have had various marine...
by Marshall Brown | Aug 5, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Michael Busch of Bellport takes News12 out to The Old Inlet/Breach to show them how much healthier that part of the bay has become since Sandy created it six months ago — fluke, sea turtles, seal, osprey, clear waters — and how the bay continues to be...
by Marshall Brown | Jul 26, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
In September 2012, The Peconic Baykeepersubmitted a 200 page petition to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) citing some 1,338 sewage treatment plants and large septic tanks and cesspools on Long Island, all in Suffolk County, that...
by Marshall Brown | Jul 25, 2013 | Education, Featured
Shoshanna McCullom, local author, is appealing to the public to share their pictures with her as she writes her latest book: REQUEST FOR IMAGES:Â Only 15 months after the release of Fire Island: Beach Resort and National Seashore I have been awarded a contract...
by Marshall Brown | Jul 22, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Save The Great South Bay wishes Chris Casey all the best in his efforts to fund his film, “Air, Land, Water: The Environmental Challenges Facing Long Island.” Visit his site at LongIslandPollution.com.  It well describes what we are facing.  Chris, we...
