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GSB Images From Susan Brown

GSB Images From Susan Brown

by Marshall Brown | Jun 6, 2016 | Featured, News

Susan Brown is an Outsider Artist who grew up and still resides in Sayville.   Here are some of her works:...
Rallying for Sewering — As Reported in The Islip Bulletin

Rallying for Sewering — As Reported in The Islip Bulletin

by Marshall Brown | Apr 21, 2016 | Cleaner Water, Featured

Sewering is crucial to saving The Great South Bay. Without it, nitrogen from our cesspools and septic tanks will continue to leech into our groundwater, then on to the bay, triggering brown tide and other algal blooms. Resurrecting our shellfishing industry depends on...
“Once More Unto The Breach, My Friends, Once More” — Please Submit Your Public Comments By Oct 8th!

“Once More Unto The Breach, My Friends, Once More” — Please Submit Your Public Comments By Oct 8th!

by Marshall Brown | Oct 1, 2015 | Featured, Fixing Habitats

  The National Parks Service has issued a public request for comment as part of the process of coming up with a plan to manage  ‘The Breach” aka Old Inlet aka New Inlet aka Bellport Inlet that was opened up on Fire Island by Hurricane Sandy at...
Eco-Friendly Swag From Save The Great South Bay —  and For Your Org?

Eco-Friendly Swag From Save The Great South Bay — and For Your Org?

by Marshall Brown | Jul 16, 2015 | Featured

What I love about Save The Great South Bay is that I get to meet so many people who care about the bay, and want to get the message out — This bay is worth saving!  One of the organizations that reached out to help is a company called Loomstate.org.  Scott...

A Pledge To Help Build A Sustainable Long Island Taken at The Aspen Action Forum

by Marshall Brown | Mar 23, 2015 | Cleaner Water, Featured

In July 2013, nine months after Sandy and a year after the founding of Save The Great South Bay, I took a pledge at the first annual Aspen Action Forum to ‘help build a sustainable Long Island.’  The Action Forum draws Aspen Fellows from all over the world...
Can Long Island Be Saved? — Part XII: 2014 — A Watershed Year?

Can Long Island Be Saved? — Part XII: 2014 — A Watershed Year?

by Marshall Brown | Dec 24, 2014 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats

This December finds Long Island’s environmentalists, those in The Nature Conservancy, The Citizen’s Campaign for the Environment, The Group For the East End, The Pine Barrens Society, and the 100+ local organizations in The Long Island Clean Water...
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