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The Doozy is Now a Done-zy!

The Doozy is Now a Done-zy!

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Mar 20, 2021 | Creek Defender, Water Quality

Nearly three dozen volunteers turned out on Saturday, March 14 to clean up in the outfall ravine leading from the Country Village neighborhood to the Connetquot River. They removed nearly 80 contractor bags of debris from the area; debris that would’ve otherwise...
The State of the Great South Bay

The State of the Great South Bay

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Nov 23, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Water Quality

People often ask how is the Great South Bay doing? Til now, it’s been a rhetorical question for the vast majority of us. One of our organization’s 2020 goals was to connect with the scientists who collect data in the Great South Bay. Each piece of data is...
A Peek Beneath The Surface

A Peek Beneath The Surface

by Save The Great South Bay | Oct 27, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Education, Shellfish, Water Quality

Today we welcomed Prof. (emeritus) Roger Flood of Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS) to discuss his work on side-scan sonar and multi-beam bottom mapping in the Great South Bay. Prof. Flood provided historical context of bay bottom...
Suffolk County: Vote NO on Prop 2

Suffolk County: Vote NO on Prop 2

by Save The Great South Bay | Oct 27, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Water Quality

Let’s be clear, clean water is on the ballot this year! Our colleagues over at the Pine Barrens Society laid it out well in their recent email: “This upcoming election is important for a lot of reasons.  When you receive your ballot, you’ll choose your...
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...
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