by Marshall Brown | May 5, 2019 | Advocacy, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats
It was a surprisingly wet Saturday in Massapequa for its first Creek Defender Day May 4th, this Saturday.  The spring has been a soggy one, but we all saw what we thought was a break in the rain for a couple of days beforehand.  So happy we had our tent, and so...
by Marshall Brown | May 5, 2019 | Advocacy, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats
On Saturday May 4th, Save The Great South Bay joined Seatuck, The First Baptist Church of Bayshore, The Bayshore High School Interact Club, and representatives from Keep Islip Clean, Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter and County Legislator Steve Flotteron in the annual...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 8, 2019 | Advocacy, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats
Bob Draffin, President of The Bayport Civic Association and now President of The Sayville Rotary Club, is now Bayport’s Creek Defender!  In the video below, Bob is standing at the mouth of Homan’s Creek by Bayport Beach speaking of his love of the bay and...
by Howard Ryan | Mar 30, 2019 | Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Pollution
New York State lawmakers have agreed to impose a statewide ban on most types of single-use plastic bags from retail sales, changing a way of life for millions of New Yorkers as legislators seek to curb an unsightly and omnipresent source of litter. The plan, proposed...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 8, 2019 | Featured, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Cornell Cooperative Extension recently reached out to Save The Great South Bay in search of lead volunteers and regular volunteers for their Shellfish Restoration Project.  Below is the flyer for the program: Lead Volunteer Responsibilities As a Lead Volunteer for...
by Marshall Brown | Feb 13, 2019 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats
Suddenly the phrase “Green New Deal” is on everyone’s lips.  As our youth peers ahead at our near future, what they see is quite bleak.  Sea level rise, ocean acidification, plastics pollution, rising CO2 levels, collapsing ecosystems on one hand,...
