by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 28, 2022 | Hurricane Sandy, The Breach, The New Inlet
Saturday, October 29, 2022 marks the 10 year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy which had wide-reaching and devastating impacts across the South Shore of Long Island. One of the Sandy outcomes was the breach at Fire Island resulting in the re-opening of the Old Inlet in...
by Wayne Horsley | Jun 2, 2021 | Advocacy, Hurricane Sandy, Water Quality
This Spring the Office of Parks and Recreation replaced 5,000 cubic yards of sand at Gilgo State Park from its hard to obtain emergency reserve. The beach nourishment enabled the Park to safely open this Spring to the more than 22,000 Recreational Vehicle Access...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Apr 14, 2021 | Education, Hurricane Sandy, The Breach, The New Inlet
We welcome Dr. Charles Flagg of Stony Brook University’s School of Atmospheric and Marine Sciences for today’s guest blog on the current status of the breach at Bellport. Bellport, NY – A breach over flight on March 9th prefaced by an earlier aerial...
by | Oct 30, 2018 | Advocacy, Featured, Hurricane Sandy, News
[Ed Note: This is our second post for SGSB’s Newsroom, a forum for local voices who speak for our bay and for our local environment.  Take a look around. We have no time left for inaction and business as usual.  The natural beauty that made Long Island a special...
by Howard Ryan | Jun 26, 2018 | Advocacy, Algal Blooms, Bioat Sewage, Boat Sewage, Cleaner Water, Education, Featured, Fishing and Boating, Fixing Habitats, Hurricane Sandy, Lawn Fertilizer, News, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Pollution, Save Raitan Bay, Septic Tanks, Shellfish, Toxic Plumes
Facts: 2018 Cuomo Priority: Full PCB Clean Up of the Hudson River Cuomo Announces $10.4 Mil to Clean LI’s Waters With Shellfish A New Start for New Jersey on Water Pollution & Flooding Both New York and New Jersey have witnessed some great recent State level...
