Speaker Series: Creeks as Classrooms – Bridging Education and Local Stewardship

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

Save The Great South Bay, a local 501(c)3 environmental non-profit, invites teachers, curriculum administrators and other educational partners from across the South Shore to discover ways to incorporate our local waterways into the classroom. From history to data collection, our creeks can serve as an extension of the traditional classroom and a window into the […]

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 […]