• Santapogue Creek Contest

    If you incorporate Bay Friendly practices in your yard (or would like to!) and live within 1/10 of a mile of the Santapogue Creek in West Babylon, you are eligible to enter our Bay Friendly Yard contest with the chance to have a professional team come in and up your game. Apply now at www.savethegreatsouthbay.org/Santapogue! […]

  • Hawley’s Lake Nature Talk

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    As part of our Creek Defender program, we welcome you to join us for a nature talk with local resident Tom Stock on the history and nature of Hawley's Lake located between the Babylon Village and West Islip at the end of Route 231. The talk will take place in front of the Falls. This […]

  • Mayor’s Cup Charity Regatta

    LIYC 307 Little East Neck Road South, Babylon, NY

    Our annual fundraising celebration of sailing and life on the Great South Bay at the Long Island Yacht Club. While last year's event was a blast with oysters, cold beer, great music and beautiful views out to the Bay, due to COVID, this year's event is limited to Regatta participants only. Sailors, please contact Eric […]

  • Bay Friendly Yards: Rewilding Long Island

    **Free Panel Discussion via Zoom** Join us for a panel discussion on how you can incorporate sustainable landscaping to not only protect our waterways, but also to promote biodiversity and healthy regional ecosystems. Our panelists include Dr. Hildur Palsdottir of Rewild Long Island, Matt Gettinger of Long Island Natives and Frank Piccininni, Director of Habitat […]

  • Bay Shore 35th Annual Coastal Clean Up

    On Saturday, Oct 17th from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Bay Shore Creek Defender Tom Kain is teaming up with Keep Islip Clean for the 35th Annual Coastal Clean Up to clear the Penataquit Creek of debris and let it flow freely. We will document the litter found and submit it to the Ocean Conservancy which […]

  • Amityville’s Great South Bay Annual Cleanup

    Amityville Yacht Service 144 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York

    Hey Amityville! Join Todd Brice, our Amityville Creek Defender, for his annual Great South Bay Cleanup on Saturday, October 3rd anytime between 8 AM - 1 PM. Due to the continuing circumstances we will be conducting this year’s bay cleanup in a different format so please note: There will be no organized meeting or gathering […]

  • Great Give Back: Lindy-Style

    Lindenhurst Memorial Library 1 Lee Avenue, Lindenhurst, NY

    Hey Lindy! Here's an opportunity to start where you stand and join local Creek Defender Dave Schrader as he teams up with the Lindenhurst  Memorial Library on the Great Give Back Day 2020, Saturday, October 17th, to conduct clean ups along the Neguntatogue Creek. Scout groups, sports teams and families welcome as are local civic […]

  • Babylon Rotary Clean Up

    Sumpawams Creek 826 Higbie Lane, West Islip, NY

    Creek Defenders Andy Mirchel & Todd Shaw are teaming up with the Babylon Rotary Club on Saturday, November 7th from 10 AM - Noon to clean up along the Sumpawams Creek which meanders between West Islip & Babylon Village. Residents of both are  welcome to join and community service forms are available. Meet up point […]

  • Zoom Webinar Bay Friendly Yards: Three Essential Elements

    The typical suburban lawn relies heavily on fertilizers, pesticides, and huge amounts of water. It’s polluting, expensive, lifeless and tired. Bay Friendly Yards are beautiful, full of life, less expensive to maintain, and help filter groundwater before it hits a creek or the Bay. In this 20-minute presentation with Save The Great South Bay's Director of […]