Soiree For The Bay
2018-03-20 | fishbat, 76 W Main Street., Suite 202, Patchogue, NY, 11772, United States
Fishbat, a digital agency now located on Main Street Patchogue, is stepping up to help save The Great South Bay with a party Thursday, March 15th starting at 5. Donations will go toward establishing a Creek Defender program for The Patchogue River and Tuthill Creek.

The Long Island Natural History Conference, March 23-24
2018-03-23 08:00 - 2018-03-24 17:00 (America/New_York) | Berkner Auditorium, Lewis Road, Upton, NY, 11973, United States
Save The Great South Bay is a proud sponsor of The 2018 Long Island Natural History Conference.
It will be held once more at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Friday March 23rd through Saturday March 24th.

SCHEDULE of PRESENTATIONS
Broohaven National Laboratory
Register online at longislandnature.org
Friday March 23, 2018
8:00 – 9:00 Registration / set up
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Remarks: Tim Green, Environmental Compliance Manager, Brookhaven National Laboratory
9:10 – 9:50 Whales of New York City and the Return of the Humpback Whale
Paul L. Sieswerda, President, CEO, Gotham Whale
9:50 – 10:30 Atlantic Sturgeon: Life History, Management and Research
Kim McKown, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Marine Invertebrate and Protected Resources Unit Leader
10:30 – 10:50 BREAK
10:50 – 12:10 WORKSHOP: Nature Observation, Journaling and Citizen Science
Callie Velmachos, artist, naturalist and Cybertracker level III reading track & sign certification. [NOTE: limited to 20; pre-register]
10:50 – 11:30 Long Island’s Coastal Plain Ponds: A Unique Ecosystem Under Threat
Steve Young, Chief Botanist, New York Natural Heritage Program
11:30 – 12:10 The Very Last Timber Rattlesnake
Ted Levin, naturalist and writer, author of “America’s Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake.”
12:10 – 1:30 LUNCH / networking
1:30 – 2:10 New York Seagrass Conservation Activities
Soren Dahl, NYSDEC
2:10 – 2:50 Restoring Oyster Reefs in Hempstead Bay: Methods, Results and Future Directions
James P. Browne Ph.D., Dept. of Conservation and Waterways, Town of Hempstead
2:50 – 3:30 Conservation Updates: Bald Eagles: Kevin Jennings (NYSDEC); River Otters
Mike Bottini (L.I. Nature Organization) and Leslie Lupo (NYSDEC); Coyotes: Frank Vincenti (Wild Dog Foundation).
3:30 – 4:30 Open Discussion / closing remarks / networking
Saturday March 24, 2018
8:00 – 9:00 Registration / set up
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Remarks: Tim Green, Environmental Compliance Manager, Brookhaven National Laboratory
9:10 – 9:50 The Future of Brook Trout in Long Island: Long Term Thinking
Christopher Aigner, President of Long Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited
9:50 – 10:30 White-tailed Deer Biology and Monitoring Methods for Landowners
Sue Booth-Binczik, Ph.D., NYSDEC
10:30 – 10:50 BREAK
10:50 – 12:10 WORKSHOP: Smartphone Nature Photography
Erin Gettler, author of the Birdwatcher’s Digest Butterflies Backyard Guide [NOTE: limited to 20; pre-register]
10:50 – 11:30 Bat Conservation on Long Island and the Case of the Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis)
Samantha Hoff, NYSDEC and University at Albany
11:30 – 12:10 Conservation Updates: Diamondback Terrapins: Russ Burke (Hofstra); Horseshoe Crabs: John Turner (Seatuck); White Sharks: Frank Quevedo (South Fork Natural History Museum / SoFo); Plum Island: Louise Harrison (Preserve Plum Island Coalition)
12:10 – 1:30 LUNCH/ networking
1:30 – 2:10 Fire Island’s Red Foxes and Their Impacts on Piping Plovers
Sarah Karpanty, Ph.D., Virginia Tech
2:10 – 2:50 Long Island’s Goatsuckers: Whip-poor-will, Chuck-will’s-widow, and Common Nighthawk
John Turner, Seatuck Environmental Association
2:50 – 3:30 Tracking Spotted Turtles Over the Year
Mike Bottini, Long Island Nature Organization
3:30 – 4:30 Open Discussion / closing remarks / networking

STGSB Open House
2018-03-28 16:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Tres Palms, 16 East Ct, Babylon, NY, 11702, United States
Save The Great South Bay welcomes each and all to Tres Palms on March 28th, Wednesday!
We will be discussing our goals for the coming year, including the upcoming Creek Defender event in Babylon on April 21st. We will go over the scope of work for that day, and speak to how we can launch Creek Defender Programs elsewhere, such as Bay Shore, Lindenhurst, and elsewhere, and how we intend to work with other environmental and civic groups along The South Shore.
Creek Defenders
There will be a film crew on hand from Hofstra’s Center For Civic Engagement. They are making a series of short videos about about STGSB, and they want to hear from you. They will be on hand to interview people, and to document what we are doing with The Creek Defender Program, The I Love Long Island Campaign, and our Habitat Restoration Program to save The Great South Bay.
They want to do their shooting between 4-6 so get there early if you want to be interviewed.
At 6 PM, Save The Great South Bay will go over the plans for Babylon Creek Defender Day. We will have represented by Karen Vaccaro Marvin of South Shore Paddleboards discussing how they will clean around the mouths of Carll’s River, Foster’s Creek and Sumpwams Creek.
Todd Shaw, a Director of Save The Great South Bay, and Babylon’s Creek Defender, will go over the logistics.

Target Zones for Creek Defender Day April 21st
We will also discuss how we will be plant natives along The Carll’s and with the help of volunteer citizen scientists, take soil and water samples that we can share with other researchers and the general public using our online maps and phone app.
We will also offer an overview of The I Love Long Island Campaign, which advocates for ‘bay friendly yards’ — no pesticides or chemical fertilizers, especially near creeks and bays.
Ranger Rick, Eric Powers of Your Connection To Nature and Brookhaven’s CEED, a community environmental educations group, will be on hand with a couple of his critters.
Last but not least Blue Point Brewing Company will be gracing us with a cask keg of theic Citrus Plunge, and will run raffles and give aways.

Drink The Bay Clean will be back in production soon when the new brewery opens. The above will do just fine for now!
Our goal this year is to work with every shore community to build a spirit of local stewardship in Babylon and elsewhere.
We all care about where we are from! We look forward to meeting with you!
Regards,

Marshall

Environmental Passion Can Ignite Business Opportunities
2018-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Sayville Library, 88 Greene Avenue, Sayville, NY, 11782

Babylon Creek Defender Saturday, April 21st
2018-04-21 11:30 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | All Along The South Shore, Babylon, NY, United States
ATTENTION ALL BABYLONIANS!
Save The Great South Bay’s Creek Defender Program will be in action April 21st along Carll’s River!
Babylon High School, The Elementary School, The PTA, The Village of Babylon, The Town of Babylon,The I Love Long Island Campaign, South Shore Paddle Boards, and a number of local civic groups and businesses will gather to help clean Carll’s River. Here is a map of the areas we will cover:
Target Zones for Creek Defender Day April 21st
To save The Great South Bay, we must defend our creeks. We must stop polluting them with storm water runoff, pesticides, lawn fertilizers, and illegal dumping. There are 41 creeks flowing into the bay. The Creek Defender Program is for their revitalization.
On April 21st, we will be removing shopping carts, car tires, and hundreds of bags of trash from the river and its shores.
By the end, we were “tired.”
We will be planting red maples along Carlls River, building a “swamp forest” that will help to filter ground water before it reaches the river.
We also will be championing The I Love Long Island Campaign, which calls for “bay friendly” yards that are pesticide and chemical fertilizer free, where the plants are natives. Remember: What goes on your lawn goes either into our drinking water, or into our bay.
9:00 -12:00 South Shore Paddle Boards will lead a clean up of the mouths of Sumpawams Creek, Fosters Creek, and Carll’s River starting at their store at 258 East Main Street.
11:30-12:00 Registration (Babylon Park Ave Tennis Courts, just east of the Babylon Grade School)
12:00-4:00 Creek Clean Up.
4:00-8:00 After Party Location TBA. Kick Off by Todd Shaw, Babylon’s Creek Defender (Carlls, Sumpawams, Fosters)
Kudos to Babylon for showing The South Shore the way, and for creating the model through which, creek by creek, we can bequeath a healthier bay to future generations!

Saving The Great South Bay
2018-04-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | West Islip Library, 3 Higbie Lane, West Islip, NY, 11795, United States
I’ll be at West Islip Library tonight at 7 speaking on the bay. I know this is short notice, but maybe you’re free. Best,
Marshall

5K Run for the Bay
2018-04-28 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Halifax) | Sayville Marina Beach Park, Sayville, NY, 11782, United States
Join us for the 2nd annual 5K Run for the Bay!
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2018
Location: Sayville Marina Park – 400 Foster Ave. Sayville, NY 11782
Time: Race starts at 8am
Register: http://www.5KRunForTheBay.com
**Register by March 31 to be guaranteed a custom canvas race tote bag!
Presented by Blue Island Oysters and benefiting local organizations Operation Blue Earth and Save The Great South Bay!

Penataquit Creek Clean Up Tomorrow!
2018-04-28 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | First Baptist Church of Bayshore, 175 Second Avenue, Bayshore, NY, 11706, United States
Note the interactive map of the creek below:
https://save-the-great-south-bay-1.sitecontrol.us/m/penataquit-creek#b=none&o=+FIRST+BAPTIST+CHURCH+OF+BAY+SHORE

World Enviro Day
2018-06-09 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Shorefront Park, 36 Smith Street, Patchogue, NY, 11772, United States
Join Us For World Environment Day!
12-2 Clean up at Shorefront Park
2-5pm @ 161 River Avenue, Patchogue, “The Old Brewery”
They’ll provide:

Lawn games
Live music
Food truck (they aways do a good job here!)
Beer for purchase — first one free to volunteers
A great venue for environmental groups like ours

Save The Great South Bay will be:

We will be screening six new PSAs created for the organization by Hofstra’s Center For Civic Engagement
We will have our new line of swag for 2018, produced by Spectrum Designs, a local apparel maker that hires autistic young adults
We will also feature the art of Susan Brown, both on the apparel and as canvases

On sale will also be this wonderful illustrated children’s book, “The Great South Bay,” by Jeanine O’Grady aka “South Shore Betty.” Jeanine has generously offered portion of the proceeds to STGSB. The book may also be purchased at our online store here for $29.95. About 50 beautiful pages celebrating our bay.

Sayville Summerfest 2018
2018-08-10 - 2018-08-12 | Gillette Park, 35 Gillette Ave, Sayville, NY, 11782, United States
Save The Great South Bay will be there and present at the 39th Annual Sayville Summerfest! We will be manning a table, enjoying a Drink The Bay Clean and getting to know you all better.
It runs from August 10th to August 12th. For more information, go to

GSB Paddle Board Race
2018-08-26 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Bay Shore Yacht Club, 20 W Shore Rd, Bay Shore, NY 11706
The Fourth Annual Paddle Board Race will be held Sunday August 26th at The Bay Shore Yacht Club. Whether a competitor or spectator, this one is a lot of fun! Details to follow!

Oysterfest
2018-09-15 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Blue Island Oysters, 136 Atlantic Ave, West Sayville, NY, 11796, United States
Hold the date! It’s the third annual Blue Point Oysterfest to benefit Save The Great South Bay and Operation Blue Earth. Oysters, beers, Soundswell!

Great South Bay Society Cleanup - Amityville
2018-09-22 08:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | Yacht Service, 144 Ocean Ave, Amityville, NY, 11701, United States
Last year, we participated in The Great South Bay Society’s clean up of a large marsh island in the bay south of Amityville. This year we want to bring some helping hands. There were about 50 people last year, and they needed everybody!
Breaking down and removing a dock that washed ashore

"Spirit of the Bay" Award
2018-09-22 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | The Dinghy Shop, 334 South Bayview Avenue, Amityville, NY, 11701, United States
This March, we lost a great sailor, friend, and environmentalist, Gautam Khanna. He died doing what he loved best — sailing the bay. He was passionate about life, his love, Kay Sea, and his faithful dog Pluto, or more properly, Dawan Pluto Singh Khanna.
To honor his memory, Save The Great South Bay will each year present The Gautam Khanna “Spirit of the Bay” Award. It will go to that person who best exemplifies the Gautam’s love of the bay, and his deep sense of stewardship.
We will present the award in conjunction with Amityville’s annual cleanup of the marsh islands in late September.
We mourn, yet we are grateful he was here.

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Swell Sunday Funday to Save the Great South Bay!
2018-09-23 14:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Swell Taco Babylon, 135 Deer Park Ave, Babylon, NY, 11702, United States
Sunday, September 23rd Save the Great South Bay is joining up with Swell Taco in babylon Village for an awesome party, and a great cause! We’re closing off the whole parking lot for one epic indoor/outdoor event—this will be a Sunday Funday to remember!!
LIVE MUSIC BY SOUNDSWELL!!
We’ll have the SWELL TACO FOOD TRUCK on site, serving up some of our favorite tacos, flautas, and churros for the kids.
The infamous BLUE POINT BEER BOAT will be there, with a variety of BP brews, including everyone’s favorite American ale, Drink the Bay Clean! Swell will also be pouring their killer Sangria & Margaritas!
Games, Raffles, Prizes, and Limited Edition Swag!
(some special items only available on the day of the event)
Entry: Suggested donation $25 (at the door)
Includes: Free Drink & Raffle Ticket | All proceeds will go to SaveTheGreatSouthBay.org.
Come down and celebrate this important cause, and help us to Save the Great South Bay! This is a family-friendly event!
Sponsored by Blue Point Brewing Company.

Soleil Soiree
2018-10-11 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Soleil, 1464 Old Northern Blvd, Roslyn, NY, 11576, United States
Come support The Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor, and Save the Great South Bay and help raise funds for a clean harbor and a clean bay! On October 16th between 6-9, at Soleil New York, an 1858 Firehouse / custom furniture store in the heart of Roslyn, will be hosting a get-together and silent auction featuring live music, local food and drink, and the opportunity to purchase locally made custom furniture and art.
TICKETS ON SALE HERE!!!!
Soleil produces gorgeous one-of-a-kind pieces that grace many fine homes throughout Long Island and New York:
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Included in the silent auction will be plantings from Save The Great South Bay‘s “Bay Friendly Yards” program! Native plantings are more beautiful, are less expensive to maintain since they don’t need fertilizers, pesticides, or extra water, and help filter and clean the groundwater before it reaches our bays. Together with The Coalition To Save Hempstead Harbor, our mission is to help heal our waters while making our yards and communities more beautiful. Here below is a sample of the sort of offerings we provide:

Also included in the silent auction will be artwork from Sayville’s Susan Brown, a prominent Outsider Artist whose works are much sought after by art collectors. Click here to learn more of Susan and her career. Here are some examples of her local artwork.
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We will also be selling this lovely book by Long Island’s Jeanine O’Grady aka South Shore Betty:

Hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Cornucopia, an natural health food store in Sayville since 1976:
https://www.cornucopiahealthfoods.com/
Blue Point Brewing Company will be providing the craft beer, and wine from Proud Pour, a Long Island winery that supports oyster cultivation and bee preservation, will be served. We will have live music as well.
Please join us! With your support, we will help bring to your community healthier yards, creeks and bays!
If you are unable to join, please consider making a donation here.

Concert at Oakdale Yacht
2018-10-13 12:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Oakdale Yacht Club, 520 Shore Drive, Oakdale, NJ, 11769, United States
Join all of us at Oakdale Yacht October 13th 2018 for the Save The Great South Bay Concert.
Cover Charge will be $10 per person. All profit proceeds will donated to SaveTheGreatSouthBay.org.
Featuring the Rich Mahogany Band!
Find us on Facebook!

Fall Fishing Invitational
2018-10-18 - 2018-10-21 | Oakdale Yacht Club, 520 Shore Drive, Oakdale, NJ, 11769, United States
Announcing: Former New York Ranger great Ron Greschner will be Master of Ceremonies October 21st for the weigh in ceremony and raffle!
BOSTON, MA. – 1980’s: Ron Greschner #4 of the New York Rangers skates against the Boston Bruins at Boston Garden. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

Save The Great South Bay Fishing Tournament
Follow this link for more details!

Community Meeting On Sewering Proposal For North Babylon
2019-01-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Babylon Volunteer Fire Company, 20 Hale Road, Babylon, NY, United States
Community Open House and Public Information Meeting
http://www.cleanwaterforcarllsriver.com/community.html
There will be a Community Meeting held on Thursday, January 10, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the North Babylon Volunteer Fire Company 20 Hale Road, North Babylon, NY 11703. At these meetings, there will be a project update on the sewering of areas in the southwestern quadrant of Suffolk County, including portions of Deer Park, North Babylon, West Babylon and Wyandanch. The project is a crucial step in assisting the Carlls River Community as it continues to recover from Superstorm Sandy and spearheading efforts to reduce nitrogen pollution that adversely affects coastal wetlands, which protect communities from damaging storms and are critical to the region’s economic and environmental health. The project is part of Suffolk County’s Coastal Resiliency Initiative and is largely grant funded.
Community Meeting
January 10, 2019
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
North Babylon Volunteer Fire Company
20 Hale Road, North Babylon, NY 11703

Talisman CD Release Party
2019-01-31 20:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Ave, Bayport, NY, 11705, United States
Local musician Nick Russell will be performing with his band at The Grey Horse Tavern in Bayport Thursday January 31st at 8PM in support of his latest CD, Talisman. 10% of the sales proceeds will go to Save The Great South Bay, for which we are deeply grateful. Talisman, for those not local, is a beach on Fire Island, across from Sayville / Bayport.
https://www.nps.gov/fiis/planyourvisit/barrettbeach-talisman.htm
Nick’s bandmates will be:
Andy Falco
Pat Falco
Chris Marshak
Sydney Swinson
This will be a very special evening!

Long Island Natural History Conference
2019-03-22 - 2019-03-23 | Berkner Auditorium, Lewis Road, Upton, NY, 11973, United States
The seventh annual Long Island Natural History Conference will take place Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23, 2019 in Berkner auditorium at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY. It will comprise 20 presentations by leading Long Island wildlife biologists, marine scientists and naturalists on a variety of topics including orchid restoration, bats, diamondback terrapins, white sharks, menhaden, osprey, barn owls, wild turkeys, dragonflies, ferns, Monarch butterflies, global warming and sea level rise impacts on coastal habitats and marine fisheries, and new research initiatives in L.I.’s pine barrens. This year will also feature a working lunch charrette hosted by Save the Sound and The Nature Conservancy to solicit ideas for a Plum Island conservation plan.
The conference is open to the general public and promises to be the largest regional forum for researchers, natural resource managers, students, and naturalists to present and exchange current information on the varied aspects of applied field biology (freshwater, marine, and terrestrial) and natural history of Long Island. It will serve as a premier venue to identify research and management needs, foster friendships and collegial relationships, and encourage a greater region-wide interest in Long Island’s natural history by bringing together people with diverse backgrounds.
To view the conference schedule and to register, go to www.LongIslandNature.org
General admission (one or both days): $45; students: $25.

The conference is a project of Long Island Nature Organization, is hosted by Brookhaven National Lab, and is sponsored by the following:
Seatuck Environmental Association, Group for the East End, Sierra Club Long Island
The Nature Conservancy, Peconic Land Trust, Perfect Earth Project
Save the Great South Bay, Save the Sound, South Fork Natural History Museum
American Littoral Society, Canio’s Books, Central Pine Barrens Commission
CERCOM at Molloy College, Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island
Concerned L.I. Mountain Bicyclists, East Hampton Trails Preservation Society
Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, Friends of Wertheim, Harbor Publishing
Long Island Native Plant Initiative, Long Island Pine Barrens Society
North Fork Audubon, North Shore Audubon, North Shore Land Alliance
Peconic Baykeeper, Peconic Estuary Program, ProtoZone Interactive Exhibits
Queens County Bird Club, Quogue Wildlife Refuge, South Shore Audubon Society
South Shore Estuary Reserve, Southampton Trails Preservation Society
Surfrider Foundation: Eastern L.I. Chapter

Creek Defender Day
2019-04-13 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Path to Southard’s Pond, 108 County Rd 50, Babylon, NY, 11702, United States
Help your South Shore community! Take part in our 3rd Annual Creek Defender Day!

Our aim is to have a Creek Defender for every community along The Great South Bay, from Massapequa to Mastic. We know thus far that we have Todd Brice in Amityville, Todd Shaw in Babylon, Tom Kaine in Bayshore, James Bertsch in Sayville, Bob Draffin in Bayport, Jason Borowski in Blue Point, Creek Defenders bring together the whole community, championing local stewardship.

To heal a creek and help the bay, you need everyone — local schools, boy scouts, girl scouts, the PTA, the Rotary Club and The Chamber of Commerce, The Kiwanis Club, our houses of worship, all our officials at the village, town, county, state, and federal levels.
Here is what’s possible when a community comes together:
https://savethegreatsouthbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_0546.mp4
If you’d like to participate in this year’s Creek Defender Day, whether as a volunteer, a Creek Defender (one capable of organizing one’s community around local stewardship), email us at creekdefender@savethegreatsouthbay.org
Healthier creeks will lead to a healthier bay. It’s the mainland that’s sick, the bay is a symptom.
We hope to see you out there with your community’s Creek Defender.
Regards,
Marshall Brown
Executive Director
Save The Great South Bay

Creek Defender Day -- Babylon
2019-04-13 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Creek Defender Staging Area Babylon, 104 Park Street, Babylon, NY, 11702, United States
Here we are at Year Three for Babylon, where the Creek Defender Program all began. Babylon Village is a tight knit community, as are most of the villages that dot The South Shore. Babylon is also graced with Carll’s River, which via Southard’s Pond and Argyle Lake, flows through the community’s center.
Scroll to bottom to sign up as a Volunteer. Note that you are signing up for Babylon.
Here’s Carll’s River. Click on image below to see an interactive map.

The Town and the Village have spent a lot of effort improving the river’s watershed, whether through sewering, through installing filter systems in 96 outfall pipes, through buying up and protecting local wetlands, or through regular clean ups. Rich Groh and his team at The Town of Babylon have for decades been deeply committed to their local waters and wild places. Save The Great South Bay is grateful to be working with a community so passionately committed to local stewardship. Village Mayor Ralph Scordino and Skip Gardner, who heads The Public Works Department, have each been great supporters of our efforts.
In addition, we are fortunate to be sponsored this year by York Analytical Laboratories, specializing in air, water, and soil testing, Middleton Environmental, which performs environmental site assessments and who is contributing our new swamp forest, Long Island Natives, who is once again generously donating native plantings, the Babylon K-6 PTA, Downstream Outfitters, Railroad Bagel, and for the afterparty, Lily Flanagan’s.
Here is what we did last year: Along with removing 39 tires and collecting 100 bags of trash, we planted a swamp forest:

From October 2018:

For this year, we will again be planting a swamp forest, this time right on Park Street where Carll’s River flows under on its way south to Argyle Lake. At the same time, we will be looking at some serious issues far north:

Please join us to help heal this river and the bay! See you all Saturday!
If you are volunteering, please note that you are volunteering for Babylon.

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Creek Defender Day -- Blue Point
2019-04-14 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Purgatory Creek — Montauk Highway, 115 South Country Road, Blue Point, NY, 11715, United States
https://landgrid.com/us/neighborhoods/26657#b=none&base=satellite&t=property&p=/us/ny/suffolk/brookhaven/355734

The 5K Run For The Bay
2019-04-27 08:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Sayville Marina Park, Sayville, NY, 11782, United States
On April 27th, 8-10 AM, Blue Island Oysters is hosting the 3rd Annual 5K Run For The Bay In Sayville!

A portion of the proceeds goes to Save The Great South Bay!
Sign up as a volunteer below. We need a dozen people starting 7:30 AM to help with safety on the route. Please note on the volunteer form that it’s for the run. 500+ expected!

SIGN UP BY CLICKING BELOW!
https://runsignup.com/Race/NY/Sayville/RunfortheBay

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Bay Shore Creek Defender Day -- Video Update
2019-05-04 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | First Baptist Church of Bayshore, 175 Second Avenue, Bayshore, NY, 11706, United States
Update: Many many thanks to Pete Judge, Bay Shore local and video editor extraordinaire, for volunteering his talents for the cause. Thanks too to Nick Russell for offering background music for the video. A portion of the sales of his album Talisman (referring of course to the FI beach) go to Save The Great South Bay. I will always remember fondly the release party for it at the late, great Grey Horse in .Bayport where our org was born.
Here is what they were able to accomplish on a shoestring. Here is Tom Kain, Bay Shore Creek Defender, in his waders for the cause:

Save The Great South Bay, under the auspices of Seatuck, and in conjunction with Keep Islip Clean, The Bay Shore First Baptist Church (our staging area!), The Bay Shore Beautification Society, The Rotary Club of Bay Shore, The Bay Shore High School Interact Club and The Great South Bay YMCA will be participating in a clean up of Penataquit Creek on May 4th.
Staging begins at 9 AM at the The First Baptist Church of Bay Shore at 175 Second Avenue. Click Here to Volunteer
Here is Tom Kain, Bay Shore’s Creek Defender, speaking of the upcoming clean up, as we look to build on all the great work already accomplished in years past.

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Massapequa Creek Defender Day
2019-05-04 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Staging Area @ Massapequa Train Station, Sunrise Highway, Massapequa, NY, 11758, United States
Meet up with our newest Creek Defender, Tom Dempsey! Here he is at The Babylon Creek Defender event with his wife Ilena pitching in. Click Here to Volunteer

Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday, May 4th! We will meet on the north side of the Massapequa train station by the bike trail.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Massapequa/@40.6768775,-73.4720777,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c27f7e93d40493:0x6f6a798a875f6942!8m2!3d40.6768735!4d-73.4698837
Meet up starts at 11 am with clean up beginning at 12pm.
Looking forward to getting a peek into the Massapequa Preserve, and cleaning up in there!

Emerging Contaminants, Methoprene and our Marshlands
2019-05-18 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The View, 3 Consuelo Pl, Oakdale, NY, 11769, United States
Emerging contaminants, such as 1,4-dioxane, were a hot topic in 2019 and sure to continue to be well into the future. Learn more about them as well as the toxic effects of methoprene, the mosquito pesticide, on our marshlands in this Save The Great South Bay Speaker Series conversation moderated by Marshall Brown.
Kevin McAllister, founder and president of Defend H2O, speaks about methoprene and our marshlands, while Michael Beckerich, CEO of York Analytical Laboratories, a NYC-based environmental testing lab, discusses emerging contaminants, such as 1,4 dioxane and PFAS/PFOAs — what it takes to detect them and what dangers they pose. Rounding out the panel are Dorian Dale, Suffolk County Sustainability Director and Frank Piccininni of SMPIL Consulting.

https://savethegreatsouthbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Save-The-Great-South-Bay-Emerging-Contaminants-Methoprene-and-Marshlands-GSB-01-03-2020-Episode-5.mp3

Sayville Creek Defender Day
2019-05-18 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Creek Defender 2019 Site, 259 Astor Dr, Sayville, NY, 11782, United States
On Saturday, May 18th, some of Sayville’s devoted members of Save the Great South Bay are meeting at Astor Drive and Aldrich Street to clean Mill Pond. Click Here to Volunteer

Our efforts are part of Save The Great South Bay’s Creek Defender Program. The premise is that by cleaning one of Sayville’s three creeks, we clean The Great South Bay. Last year the Greater Sayville Civic cleaned Greenes Creek. This year Save the Great South Bay is leading the Mill Pond clean-up.

It is apparent that the bright green growth in the pictures is an unnatural hue of green that does not match the other vegetation. Anyone who has spent a lifetime driving by Mill Pond knows we have a problem. We sampled the waters of Mill Pond during our scouting. We will share our findings in the future.
Here’s how the pond looked last summer, and will look like every summer until we improve water quality:

Let me take a moment to update you on related, local environmental efforts. The second dimension of Save the Great South Bay’s Creek Defender is to plant native plants and grasses. Such natives filter out contaminants before they leech into local waters where they flow into and pollute the Great South Bay. The Greater Sayville Civic secured New York State DEC native plants that will be planted near Greenes Creek for this purpose.

Feel free to email me at jjjbertsch@hotmail.com with questions. You are also welcome to contact me at (516) 987-6453 if that’s more convenient.

Thank you,

James Bertsch
Creek Defender, Sayville

Lindenhurst Creek Defender Day
2019-05-18 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Lindenhurst Creek Defender Staging Area, 100 East Montauk Highway, Lindenhurst, NY, 11757, United States
Citizens of Lindenhurst! On Saturday, May 18th we will start at 10 AM to help clean out the Negungtatogue. The purple block on the map is where people will meet, right across from Hurricane Grill. Please use great caution crossing Montauk Highway! Better, park at Viking Printing and Embroidery at 80 East Montauk Highway right next to where we are meeting for the clean up at 100. Click Here to Volunteer

Presenting David Schrader, Lindenhurst’s Creek Defender: David is 5th generation from this community, and is here to protect and preserve it for future generations.

After party at Restoration Kitchen and Cocktails
