by Niko Nantsis | Apr 20, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Fixing Habitats
For thousands of years after the last glacial period, the American Chestnut, Castanea Dentata, dominated the eastern Deciduous Forests of the eastern United States, making up 25% to 30% of the forest canopy of Long Island’s hardwood forests. Growing over 100 to 120 ft...
by Frank Piccininni | Apr 20, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Fixing Habitats
Humble beginnings with Nikolaos Nantsis, James Bertsch, Stephen Borghardt, Rob Vasiluth, Marshall Brown, et al. These tiny sprouts are those of Long Island wild type American Chestnut growing in pots in my back yard. Thank you to Niko for finding them! More on this...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 21, 2020 | Advocacy, Featured, Fixing Habitats, News
Hello all. It’s been a while since I posted. As of January 1st, I’d stepped down as Executive Director after 7 years. I’d turned 60, had my childhood home to renovate and Susie, my autistic / artist sister to attend to, and had some really exciting...
by Wayne Horsley | Oct 12, 2019 | Fixing Habitats, The Breach, The New Inlet
Engineered Inlet with Storm Gate at Gilgo State Park A sad fact is the Great South Bay is still very ill. New York State and Suffolk County is valiantly fighting the good fight to reduce nitrogen in our enriched heated bay. Removing the nitrogen, upgrading...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 20, 2019 | Bay Friendly Yards, Creek Defender, Featured, Fixing Habitats
As those familiar with this organization knows, we are dedicated to habitat restoration, whether along our creeks via The Creek Defender Program, or on our properties via our Bay Friendly Yards Program, or through our efforts to restore habitat itself as we work with...
by Howard Ryan | Jun 17, 2019 | Advocacy, Fixing Habitats
Save The Great South Bay recently launched a window sticker program so that we can continue to build local awareness. Whether you own a store or drive a car, or captain a boat: Kevin Carey, who grew up in Sayville, where of course I knew the family, hosted the launch...
