by Marshall Brown | Apr 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Lawn Fertilizer
Reposted From Grassroots Environmental Education: The Water of Long Island Needs Your Help Now. Yesterday, people around the world made a commitment to help protect our Earth and its natural resources. Maybe you were one of them. If so, now is the time to put that...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Lawn Fertilizer, Nitrogen Pollution
As many of you know, a law has been proposed in Albany that would mandate that lawn fertilizer contain no more than 12% nitrogen in the bag, and at least 50% non-soluble (slow release) nitrogen. With at least 10% of the nitrogen in the bay coming from lawn...
by Marshall Brown | Jul 10, 2017 | Advocacy, Pesticides
Yes, Vector Control is back, having had their funding renewed by The Suffolk County Legislature. Â So these next three days, as will be the case every two weeks throughout the summer, the copters will be flying again. Â We can only hope for the sake of our marshes,...
by Marshall Brown | Jul 10, 2017 | Advocacy, Pesticides
Yes, Vector Control is back, having had their funding renewed by The Suffolk County Legislature. Â So these next three days, as will be the case every two weeks throughout the summer, the copters will be flying again. Â We can only hope for the sake of our marshes,...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 28, 2017 | Advocacy, Pesticides
It’s time to trash our marshes again: Suffolk County has had a decades long program of spraying for mosquitoes around our marshes. Â Â We still have a lot of mosquitoes, and a lot of dying marshes. Â When you take out a key element of the food chain —...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 1, 2017 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Lawn Fertilizer, News, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Septic Tanks
By any measure, this was a landmark week for those who for years have sought to address Long Island’s nitrogen pollution issues. First came the announcement by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone that a pilot program has been proposed that over the next two...
