• ICC Creek Defender: Tanner Park Marina/Copiague

    NEW TIME DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST: 11 AM - 2 PM Calling all Copiague residents! As part of the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Clean Up initiative, Save The Great South Bay is teaming up with the Town of Babylon and local volunteer Deborah Arcaria (thanks Deb!) to conduct a much needed clean up at Tanner […]

  • Invasive Removal – Pattersquash Creek

    On Saturday, December 10 from 9 AM - 3 PM, Mastic Beach Creek Defender Walt Meshenberg will be leading up an invasive plant removal along the Pattersquash Creek and replacing them with native plants. This project is being done in collaboration with the Pattersquash Creek Civic Association, the Mastic Beach Conservancy, and volunteers in accordance […]

  • Islip Clean Up – Orowoc Creek

    Islip - The Great South Bay will only be as healthy as the 50 creeks leading into it. Join us as we team up with Keep Islip Clean to clean up along the Orowoc Creek on Sunday, January 29th from 9:00-11:00 AM. All are welcome - scouts, students, families, local organizations, company teams, etc! Pick […]

  • Eel Grass Restoration & the Great South Bay

    The View 3 Consuelo Pl, Oakdale, NY, United States

    Long Island's eel grass beds have been decimated over the past two decades. Eel grass provides habitat and feeding grounds for fish and invertebrates along with food for migratory waterfowl and turtles. This superhero of the Bay also produces oxygen, improves water quality by filtering polluted runoff, absorbs excess nutrients, stores greenhouse gases like carbon […]

  • Massapequa Creek Clean Up

    Massapequa - The Great South Bay will only be as healthy as the 50 creeks leading into it. Join us as we team up with Massapequa Take Action Coalition to clean up along the Massapequa Creek on Saturday, March 25th from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM.  All are welcome - scouts, students, families, local organizations, […]

  • West Babylon – Santapogue Creek Clean Up

    481 Park Ave, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 481 Park Ave, Lindenhurst, NY, United States

    The Great South Bay will only be as healthy as the 50 creeks leading into it. Join our West Babylon Creek Defender Christina Galante on Sunday, April 2nd from 9 AM - 11 AM to clean up along Santapogue Creek by removing debris that is clogging and choking it. Refreshments generously provided by Starbucks! All are welcome […]

  • Mastic Beach Native Planting

    The Great South Bay will only be as healthy as the 50 creeks leading into it. Join us as we team up with the Pattersquash Creek Civic Association to finish Phase I of our project - planting native plants where invasive plants once existed along the Pattersquash Creek on Saturday, April 15th @ 9:00 AM […]

  • Babylon – Carll’s River Clean Up – NEW DATE!

    Park Avenue Tennis Courts 104 Park Avenue, Babylon, NY

    Babylon - The Great South Bay will only be as healthy as the 50 creeks leading into it. Join our Babylon Creek Defender Todd Shaw as we clean up along the Carlls River on Sunday, April 16th from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Refreshments generously provided by Starbucks! All are welcome - scouts, students, families, local organizations, […]

  • Blue Point – Stillman’s Creek Clean Up

    Blue Point Dock, 58 Blue Point Ave

    Blue Point - The Great South Bay will only be as healthy as the 50 creeks leading into it. Join our Blue Point Creek Defender Jason Borowski as we clean up along the Stillman Creek on Sunday, April 16th from 1:00-3:00 PM. Refreshments generously provided by Starbucks! All are welcome – scouts, students, families, local organizations, company […]

  • Creek Defender Brookhaven/Beaverdam Creek

    Due to weather forecast, this event has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. The Great South Bay will only be as healthy as the 50 creeks leading into it. Join our Brookhaven Creek Defender as we team up with the Center for Environmental Education and Discovery on Sunday, […]