by Marshall Brown | Jun 13, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
The ecological condition of Long Island’s ground water has reached a crisis point.  Year by year the algal blooms grow more intense and pervasive, with brown tides erasing more habitats, with contaminated waters closing more and more acres to shellfishing, and...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 3, 2013 | Cleaner Water
1794 Map of Eastern Great South Bay 1820 Map of the Great South Bay Mosaic of The New Inlet – 5-31-13 Courtesy Prof Charles Flagg and The Great South Bay Project Team At SoMAS 5-31-13 Courtesy Prof Charles Flagg and The Great South Bay Project Team At SoMAS New...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 16, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Since early November, when the news first broke that Hurricane Sandy had breached Fire Island in The Otis Pike High Dunes Wilderness Area, and that this ‘new inlet’ was to be left open at least for a time, The New Inlet has either been demonized as the...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 28, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
The Great South Bay is where the results of all our human activities end up, as is true for all our bays, rivers and ponds. Â Â Given how many of Long Island’s waters are under stress, it is very important that each of us do what we can to limit the damage. Â ...