by Marshall Brown | Apr 22, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
Published on Apr 21, 2013 This is the breach created during tropical storm Sandy. This new inlet has revitalized the Great South Bay in the area of the New Inlet. It is amazing how clean the Bay is! — Philip...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 20, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
This film was created by Justin for his Environmental Media class at Stony Brook University.  Enjoy!
by Marshall Brown | Apr 18, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
Save The Great South Bay applauds Lawrence Downes for his editorial piece in the New York Times For April 18th: Fire Island’s Lucky Break.   The breach / New Inlet is flushing and cleaning the bay, the evidence that it is causing any additional flooding is...
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 John Hall | Apr 11, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
A work in progress: Â Federal The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Home.aspx The 1996 Breach Contingency Plan Click to access ACOE-BCP-1996_web.pdf Recommendations for a Barrier Island Breach Management Plan for Fire Island National Seashore,...