Speakers from Brookhaven National Lab, Seatuck, NYSMEA, and East Islip UFSD. Our quarterly Speaker Series continues with Creeks as Classroom: Bridging STEAM & Local Stewardship on Friday, 2/7 at the View in Oakdale from 8-10 AM featuring a distinguished panel of experts including Dr. Melvyn Morris from Brookhaven National Lab, Peter Walsh from Seatuck, Lou […]
Want a beautiful yard without all the chemicals? Yes, it's possible. And it's good for the Great South Bay too. Join our panelists, Long Island native planting experts Matt Gettinger, Frank Piccininni & Anthony Marinello, for a discussion on how you can create a bay friendly yard. Register Here This Save the Great South Bay […]
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 […]
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 […]
For decades, the Great South Bay has been under assault of nitrogen overload which triggers algal blooms, such as Brown Tide, decimating marine life and affecting water quality. The largest contributor of nitrogen pollution to the Bay are outdated cesspools. Across Suffolk County there are some 380,000 homes and businesses that still rely on these […]
