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Emergency Closures in GSB

Emergency Closures in GSB

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 23, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fishing and Boating, Lawn Fertilizer, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Pollution, Septic Tanks, Water Quality

Heads up Great South Bay diggers. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has just announced the emergency expansion of closed/uncertified waters in the Great South Bay due to poor water quality in certain areas. In total, another 600 acres of Bay bottom have...
Picking It Up On The Penataquit

Picking It Up On The Penataquit

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 21, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Creek Defender, Education, Fixing Habitats, Pollution, Water Quality

On Saturday, October 17th, as part of the 35th Annual International Coastal Clean Up movement, Save the Great South Bay (STGSB) and Keep Islip Clean (KIC), two local environmental groups, teamed up with community members, including many Bay Shore High school...
The GSB Oyster Project

The GSB Oyster Project

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...
Long Island PFAS Update

Long Island PFAS Update

by Michael Beckerich | Mar 4, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Pollution, Toxic Plumes

At the risk of having some fun with a serious subject… the recent town hall style meeting hosted at the Nassau County Bar Association reminded me of the movie “Jaws” when Amity residents and politicians finally admitted they have a problem. New...
Plastic Bags ‘Proposed’ to Be Banned in New York

Plastic Bags ‘Proposed’ to Be Banned in New York

by Howard Ryan | Mar 30, 2019 | Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Pollution

New York State lawmakers have agreed to impose a statewide ban on most types of single-use plastic bags from retail sales, changing a way of life for millions of New Yorkers as legislators seek to curb an unsightly and omnipresent source of litter. The plan, proposed...

From a Island To a Nation – If we were a country, we’d be the 96th most populated ahead of Israel

by Howard Ryan | Jul 28, 2018 | Advocacy, Education, Featured, Nitrogen Pollution, Septic Tanks

I stumbled on this GEM of a Video produced by Newsday in the 60’s. A time where fish and clams and oysters were so abundant and delicious with The Great South Bay being one of the most pure and pristine waterways anywhere in the world.  The video shows how a...
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