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The War on Plastics

The War on Plastics

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | May 5, 2022 | Education, Podcast, Pollution, Water Quality

We welcome guest blogger Albert Poulos, Founder of Jetsam Salvage, on the topic of plastics. Save The Great South Bay has teamed up with Jetsam on a long-sleeved shirt that is made completely out of recycled plastics. Proceeds of the shirt support our...
Cesspools, Septics and The Great South Bay

Cesspools, Septics and The Great South Bay

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jan 15, 2022 | Advocacy, Cleaner Water, Nitrogen Pollution, Podcast, Septic Tanks, Water Matters

On this episode of Water Matters, we are joined by Katherine Coughlin of The North Shore Land Alliance, with the support of The Nature Conservancy, to discuss how updating cesspools or septic systems can not only save homeowners money, but also help save the Great...
Champlin Creek Champions

Champlin Creek Champions

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Nov 29, 2021 | Creek Defender, Pollution, Water Quality

On the cold, blustery morning of Saturday, November 27th, Save The Great South Bay partnered up with Keep Islip Clean to conduct a clean up at the headwaters to Champlin Creek. Champlin Creek is one of the 50 creeks across the South Shore that lead into the Great...
Invasive Seaweed Spreading in Great South Bay

Invasive Seaweed Spreading in Great South Bay

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Nov 5, 2021 | Advocacy, Algal Blooms, Education, Lawn Fertilizer, Nitrogen Pollution, Pollution, Water Quality

The recent Japanese red seaweed invasion at Heckscher State Park had Save The Great South Bay supporters on high alert. We reported the obnoxious odor and presence of fouling seaweed to NY State Parks and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation who got right on...
A Swell App To Measure Debris

A Swell App To Measure Debris

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jul 8, 2021 | Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Pollution, Water Quality

Want to help us collect data on debris? There’s an app for that. The Clean Swell app. At Save The Great South Bay, we are firm believers in the age old adage of you can’t manage what you can’t measure. Starting in 2021 and in collaboration with the...
Harmful Brown Tide Erupts Across the Great South Bay

Harmful Brown Tide Erupts Across the Great South Bay

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jul 6, 2021 | Algal Blooms, Nitrogen Pollution

An intense and damaging brown tide has erupted across Great South Bay on the south shore of Long Island. Monitoring by The Gobler Laboratory at Stony Brook University has revealed that a brown tide has rapidly intensified to more than 300,000 cells per milliliter in...
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