by Artie Kopelman | Apr 23, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
I admit it; I am not a big fan of Earth Day. This aversion could stem from what happened to me on one of the first Earth Day celebrations in NYC in Central Park, when a large dog mistook my back as a tree stump and I was urinated upon; but, it doesn’t. My...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 28, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
The Great South Bay is where the results of all our human activities end up, as is true for all our bays, rivers and ponds. Â Â Given how many of Long Island’s waters are under stress, it is very important that each of us do what we can to limit the damage. Â ...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 14, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Now that the storms of winter and the flooding has subsided some, The Breach at The Old Inlet is doing what these breaches are supposed to do — narrow and shoal up as we head into the warmer months. Notice too how clean and beautiful the water is around...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 13, 2013 | Advocacy, Featured, News
We know that there’s been a lot of flooding on LI starting with Sandy.  We also know that there’s been flooding up and down the eastern seaboard since Sandy. We also have a lot of data showing that the breach at The Old Inlet is not contributing in any...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 12, 2013 | Advocacy, Featured
Newsday has been actively misreporting on the issue of the breach at the Old Inlet.   They have been playing right into the hands of the political fearmongers and the government contractors who would abuse a public good — The Great South Bay — for their...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 7, 2013 | Featured, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Here’s a shot of a seal swimming in The New Inlet, Fire Island, NY.  Fresh clean water — along with the fish that seals feed on — are flowing into The Great South Bay from the ocean, and the Eastern part of The Great South Bay is being flushed and...
