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Can Long Island Be Saved?  Part IX — The Following Beaches Will Be Closed This Weekend…

Can Long Island Be Saved? Part IX — The Following Beaches Will Be Closed This Weekend…

by Marshall Brown | Aug 15, 2014 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats

Indeed as readily predicted in Part IX of Can Long Island Be Saved, Huffington Post series, the heavy rains led of course to widespread beach closures because Long Island’s groundwater is polluted. 66 closed in Suffolk County. We must fix our groundwater or all...
Mapping a Sustainable Long Island

Mapping a Sustainable Long Island

by Marshall Brown | Jul 20, 2014 | Bay Friendly Yards, Education, Featured

Our second public environmental map: Sustainable Long Island, is now live.  Find sustainable and organic farms, vineyards, restaurants, and businesses.  Using Chrome or Firefox browsers, click on the image to view the live map.  Safari will sometimes work, but...
Can LI Be Saved? VIII – IBM Offers Roadmap to A Sustainable Future for LI While in Albany Its Business As Usual

Can LI Be Saved? VIII – IBM Offers Roadmap to A Sustainable Future for LI While in Albany Its Business As Usual

by Marshall Brown | Jul 18, 2014 | Featured, Fixing Habitats

Here’s a useful graphic from The Nature Conservancy showing the sources of nitrogen pollution in various parts of the East End of Long Island, from a report entitled Nitrogen Load Modeling — The Peconic Estuary, New York. The good news – Long...
A Breach of Protocol?   Outdated Science Supporting Bureaucratic Decision Making on The Breach

A Breach of Protocol? Outdated Science Supporting Bureaucratic Decision Making on The Breach

by Marshall Brown | Dec 22, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured

Many of us (about 35 based on RSVPs, seeing people there) attended “Sandy’s Silver Lining,” A Public Forum on The Breach, held at Bellport Middle School on the 21st between 9:30 – 12:00. The response was strong even though it was the last...
Susan Brown’s Great South Bay Series — Part I, Paintings 1-72

Susan Brown’s Great South Bay Series — Part I, Paintings 1-72

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...
TOXIC BLUE GREEN ALGAL BLOOMS EXPAND TO NORTH SHORE, NORTH FORK

TOXIC BLUE GREEN ALGAL BLOOMS EXPAND TO NORTH SHORE, NORTH FORK

by Marshall Brown | Sep 30, 2013 | Featured

Post by SCERP Stony Brook Southampton Coastal and Estuarine Research Program.
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