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NYS Freshwater Wetlands Act Due for a Makeover

NYS Freshwater Wetlands Act Due for a Makeover

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Feb 21, 2022 | Education, Fixing Habitats, Marshlands, Wetlands

Save The Great South Bay, 501(c)3 is a proud signatory on the letter below urging leadership to protect our remaining wetlands and enact strong reforms to New York State’s Freshwater Wetlands Act in the One House Budget Proposals. The letter was written and...
Brown’s River Upland Spoils Disposal Sites

Brown’s River Upland Spoils Disposal Sites

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Feb 4, 2022 | Advocacy, Fixing Habitats, Marshlands

February 4, 2022 Dear County Executive Bellone, Thank you for agreeing to a strategic pause to the construction of a dredge spoil dewatering facility to allow for better public input into the site selection process. As you are aware, we are opposed to the planned...
Brown’s River Upland Spoils Disposal Sites

Brown’s River Spoils Site Set to Decimate Native Forest

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jan 4, 2022 | Advocacy, Creek Defender, Marshlands

While Save The Great South Bay, 501(c)3 understands and supports the need for emergency dredging along the Brown’s River for safety and navigational purposes, we must express our opposition to the removal of the long established Red Maple Swamp Forest on the southern...
Jet Skis Can Damage Marshlands

Jet Skis Can Damage Marshlands

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jul 6, 2021 | Advocacy, Fishing and Boating, Fixing Habitats, Marshlands

Jet skis (personal water craft) are a lot of fun, and we love having fun on the Great South Bay, but full throttle jet ski riding in the marshlands can do some real harm to nature. Marsh sidewalls are sensitive and the propulsion from jet ski’s can cause them to...

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