by Marshall Brown | Feb 29, 2016 | Cleaner Water
Last August 29th, South Shore Paddleboards of Babylon ran a race at The Bayshore Yacht Club, with a portion of the proceeds — $500 — going to Save The Great South Bay. We are very grateful for their generosity, and we are all looking forward to The Second...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 30, 2016 | Advocacy, Education, The Breach
One of the directors of Save the Great South Bay, Stephen Borghardt, hitched a ride in Dave Sieglinger’s two seater to take a gander at how “The New Inlet” is faring post-Jonas. Here is what Stephen had to say: “It looks very healthy and maybe...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 21, 2016 | Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Great Atlantic Shellfish Farms, located in Islip, NY, reached out to Save The Great South Bay because it is launching a new program:   Oyster Gardening.  The program, which consists of four evening classes, then a summer of gardening your own oysters, is...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 19, 2016 | Cleaner Water, Shellfish
The New Jersey legislature has voted in favor of allowing oysters to be used to clean certain polluted waters in the state.  The bill sits now on Governor Christie’s desk.   Since 2010, it’s been illegal to plant oysters in polluted / uncertified...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 14, 2016 | Fixing Habitats
We have now over 2500 people in our Facebook Group Save The Great South Bay. Almost every day, someone posts something essential, informative, and often beautiful. Yesterday, we got something beautiful, maybe the most beautiful place on Long Island. This was not...