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In Praise of The Stony Brook Southampton Coastal and Estuarine Research Program (SCERP) — “Like” Them on Facebook If You Care About The Fate of The Great South Bay and Every Bay

In Praise of The Stony Brook Southampton Coastal and Estuarine Research Program (SCERP) — “Like” Them on Facebook If You Care About The Fate of The Great South Bay and Every Bay

by | Jul 14, 2013 | Education, Featured, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish

Please “Like” SCERP on Facebook if you want healthy bays! Why is SCERP’s (and Professor Christopher Gobler’s) research so important?   Because they are investigating the causes of algal blooms all around Long Island and the world.    Over the...
The Breach Report July 8th, 2013 – Damaging Brown Tide Spreads Across Great South Bay, Cell Count Much Lower Near New Inlet – A Report From SCERP

The Breach Report July 8th, 2013 – Damaging Brown Tide Spreads Across Great South Bay, Cell Count Much Lower Near New Inlet – A Report From SCERP

by | Jul 8, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish

With all the heavy rains in June, a lot of our ground water, heavily polluted by septic tanks and sewage, has washed into The Great South Bay, sparking the brown tide. The New Inlet is thus far keeping the brown tide out of the Eastern Great South Bay and Moriches...
A Friend of Save the Great South Bay

A Friend of Save the Great South Bay

by | Jun 13, 2013 | Fixing Habitats, Shellfish

Big things like saving the Great South Bay don’t happen by chance and they are not free. It takes time, money and effort to make a difference. So I thought I’d relate this story. Some months ago, Lori Stuck agreed to let her Islip store: (Lori’s Nook...

From Newsday 6-08-13 — Carl LoBue and Christopher Gobler Weigh in On Algal Blooms This Spring and How the Breach Is (Thus Far) Sparing The Great South Bay From Brown Tide

by | Jun 11, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish

At least some of you will not be able to read this, not being registered at Newsday — the gist is, however, that we are once again facing large scale algal blooms this year, with worse perhaps to come.    Interestingly though, while so many bays are suffering,...