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Lets Have a REAL Ban on High Nitrogen Lawn Fertilizers in Suffolk County!

Lets Have a REAL Ban on High Nitrogen Lawn Fertilizers in Suffolk County!

by Marshall Brown | Feb 22, 2016 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water

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...
Beautiful Native Yards Are Good For Your Local Waters

Beautiful Native Yards Are Good For Your Local Waters

by Marshall Brown | Jan 18, 2016 | Bay Friendly Yards

Save The Great South Bay has been contacted by a number of people from all over Long Island who interested bringing organic lawn care to their communities. Here’s how we can help: With Literature We will be happy to supply you with whatever materials you want,...
Beautiful Native Yards Are Good For Your Local Waters

Water Matters — Episode One, Prof Chris Gobler

by Marshall Brown | Jan 15, 2016 | Algal Blooms, Education, Water Matters

Great show today!   Chris boiled down 2 hours to 15 minutes. Really happy he was the first of our guests.  The table is set! Now check out the accompanying slide show!  ...
So What Becomes of LaSalle — And of The Great South Bay?

So What Becomes of LaSalle — And of The Great South Bay?

by Marshall Brown | Jan 10, 2016 | Fixing Habitats

I read the news over the last two days that the grounds of what was LaSalle Military Academy and before that the then 200+ acre estate was originally owned by Frederick Gilbert Bourne.  Under his stewardship, as the fifth President of The Singer Sewing Machine Company...
The Septic Tanks of The Future Being Piloted Throughout Suffolk — Faster, Better and Cheaper

The Septic Tanks of The Future Being Piloted Throughout Suffolk — Faster, Better and Cheaper

by Marshall Brown | Dec 16, 2015 | Fixing Habitats

On Dec 4th, I came back to Sayville to witness what could one day be of at least minor historical note.   Suffolk County was having installed one of its pilot onsite denitrification systems right there Sayville, my hometown.   A lottery was held by the county, and...
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