by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jan 8, 2021 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Eco Lawns, Education, Fixing Habitats
The word is out. What so many of us love most about Long Island, from its recreational opportunities such as biking, fishing, kayaking and more, to its easy access to shopping and services, continues to attract people to the Island, making development unavoidable. No...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Dec 1, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Creek Defender, GivingTuesday, Great South Bay Oyster Project
GivingTuesday is a very simple idea – a day that encourages people to pause for a moment, reflect on what’s important to them & simply do good. It is now a global movement and your chance to help the Great South Bay. Save The Great South Bay is a...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Nov 23, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Water Quality
People often ask how is the Great South Bay doing? Til now, it’s been a rhetorical question for the vast majority of us. One of our organization’s 2020 goals was to connect with the scientists who collect data in the Great South Bay. Each piece of data is...
by Save The Great South Bay | Oct 27, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Education, Shellfish, Water Quality
Today we welcomed Prof. (emeritus) Roger Flood of Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS) to discuss his work on side-scan sonar and multi-beam bottom mapping in the Great South Bay. Prof. Flood provided historical context of bay bottom...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 23, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fishing and Boating, Lawn Fertilizer, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Pollution, Septic Tanks, Water Quality
Heads up Great South Bay diggers. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has just announced the emergency expansion of closed/uncertified waters in the Great South Bay due to poor water quality in certain areas. In total, another 600 acres of Bay bottom have...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 21, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Creek Defender, Education, Fixing Habitats, Pollution, Water Quality
On Saturday, October 17th, as part of the 35th Annual International Coastal Clean Up movement, Save the Great South Bay (STGSB) and Keep Islip Clean (KIC), two local environmental groups, teamed up with community members, including many Bay Shore High school...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 4, 2020 | Advocacy, Education, Water Quality
Educating the next generation of local stewards on the health of the Bay is critical to protecting and preserving it for the future. That’s starts with passionate teachers showing students (in person, hands in the water, feet in the dirt) what lives in our...
by James Bertsch | Sep 23, 2020 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Creek Defender, Fixing Habitats, Water Quality
We all want to make a difference. It feels good when you do! We saved trees recently. Those trees are helping us save the Great South Bay. As Sayville Creek Defender, I helped lead Save the Great South’s first wide-scale invasive removal. It was a pilot. Thanks...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Sep 21, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards, Eco Lawns, Fixing Habitats
Save The Great South Bay is thrilled to welcome Lindenhurst Memorial Library to our community of Bay Friendly Yards. Lindy Library has a long history of being green and jumped right on board. With their no-fertilizer, no-pesticide clover lawn, composting bin and...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Sep 17, 2020 | Bay Friendly Yards
Fantastic discussion last night on incorporating sustainable landscaping to not only protect our waterways, but also to promote biodiversity and healthy regional ecosystems. From the purpose of native planting to the benefits of composting, and from suggested book...
by Save The Great South Bay | Sep 16, 2020 | Education, Fishing and Boating
Many thanks to our colleagues over at the Department of Environmental Control for sharing this important info in the DEC Saltwater Fishing & Boating Newsletter, 09/11/2020. Anglers can take simple steps to improve the quality of future fishing. When catch and...
by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Sep 15, 2020 | Creek Defender
It was a perfectly beautiful day for sailing and much befitting the prestigious 2020 Mayor’s Cup Charity Regatta benefitting Save The Great South Bay which took place on Saturday, September 12th. Hosted by the South Bay Cruising Club and run by Race Committee...
