by James Bertsch | Sep 23, 2020 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Water Quality
We all want to make a difference. It feels good when you do! We saved trees recently. Those trees are helping us save the Great South Bay. As Sayville Creek Defender, I helped lead Save the Great South’s first wide-scale invasive removal. It was a pilot. Thanks...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Sep 21, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Eco Lawns, Fixing Habitats
Save The Great South Bay is thrilled to welcome Lindenhurst Memorial Library to our community of Bay Friendly Yards. Lindy Library has a long history of being green and jumped right on board. With their no-fertilizer, no-pesticide clover lawn, composting bin and...
by Save The Great South Bay | Aug 31, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Eco Lawns, Fixing Habitats, Water Quality
Beyond providing nutrition and beautifying spaces, gardens can serve many purposes, such as supporting natural processes and pollinators. Rain gardens are a type of specialty garden that help protect our waterways by managing stormwater runoff. Below are some tips ...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Aug 19, 2020 | Fixing Habitats
With 34 teams competing in our first ever GSB Summer Fun Scavenger Hunt the competition was fierce. The game started promptly at 9:00 am on Saturday, August 15th with missions being revealed to all players within the Goose Chase app. Within seconds, teams were racking...
by Save The Great South Bay | Aug 11, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Eco Lawns, Fixing Habitats
Long Island invented the suburban lawn. Fields of green with ornamental bushes brought in from all over the world requiring all manner of care — watering, fertilizing, pesticides — so that exotics and plants from other climates could survive here. But...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Aug 7, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Nitrogen Pollution, Shellfish, Water Quality
Supporting Oyster Farmers & Aquaculture Save The Great South Bay, a 501(c)3 environmental non-profit, is proud to launch the GSB Oyster Project with an initial effort to support local oyster farmers struggling due to COVID-19 market shutdown by purchasing their...