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...
On Monday, Nov 18th, Frank Piccininni, Save the Great South Bay Board Member, Biologist, and Environmental Attorney, spoke before the Assembly Minority Conference’s Water Quality Task Force about the benefits of Bay Friendly Yards and how increased funding could...
Hiring a landscaper for 2018? For the sake of our bays and our drinking water, make sure they are being ‘green’ about it. Ask them to use a mulching mower so that the grass clippings (or the leaves in the fall) can feed your lawn. That is the best food...
I was recently asked to speak before Girl Scout Troop #217 (Bayport-Blue Point) by Troop Leader Amy Prince about The Great South Bay and what they could do to help it. Â Â They decided to help the bay by asking people in their community to make a pledge not to use...
In Suffolk County, the application of lawn fertilizers between November 1st and April 1st is prohibited: From the county Healthy Lawns web page: “To protect Long Island’s waters, applying fertilizer in Suffolk County from November 1 to April 1 is...
