by | Jan 25, 2019 | Advocacy, Featured, Fixing Habitats
[Guest posted by Jack Bonner, from East Islip and now a student at Loyola, Maryland] It is 5:30 a.m. and I’m leaving my home port headed out towards the Robert Moses Causeway. There is dew on my windshield, and I can taste the salt air as the sun rises over my back....
by | Jan 21, 2019 | Featured, Fixing Habitats
Reposted with permission from The Foggiest Idea Richard Murdocco is an important read. Also a great presenter. Check out his site for his calendar. This article gets to the point — the consensus is that our wastewater problems won’t be solved any time...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 17, 2019 | Advocacy, Creek Defender, Featured, Fixing Habitats, News
2019: A CALL TO ACTION The first thing we can say is this:  Our plans in 2019 involve you.  Lots of you. The bay has big problems, and its going to take all of us working together — local citizens, schools, local civic associations, The Rotary Clubs and The...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 9, 2019 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Two years back, Save The Great South Bay was invited to become a member of the Fertilizer Workgroup for The Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan (LINAP).  LINAP, a multiyear initiative to reduce nitrogen in Long Island’s surface and groundwaters, was established by...
by Marshall Brown | Dec 5, 2018 | Advocacy, Fixing Habitats
To the surprise of absolutely no one, The Suffolk County Legislature once again approved the use of Methoprene spray for mosquito control, with regular spraying to be performed over 20,000 acres of salt marshes (that’s 30 square miles, folks) on a regular basis...
by | Aug 14, 2018 | Fixing Habitats
The Great South Bay’s main issue is water quality.   What’s polluting it? Scientists claim that 69% of the excess nitrogen in the bay is from septic systems, but then there is also runoff to consider — from lawns and roads, through storm drains and outfall...
