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 | Jul 20, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats
Today marks the seventh day — and hopefully last — day of the heat wave.  It sure would be nice if we Long Islanders could head down to the shore and take a dip in the water to cool off.  That’s part of what brought people to Long Island in the...
by Marshall Brown | Jul 1, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured
SoMAS (Stonybrook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) has been monitoring the breach since Sandy, measuring tides, as well as the depth and breadth of The Breach/New Inlet on a monthly basis.  Here then is their June 28th report, which presents what...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 11, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
The latest from SCERP — Stony Brook Southhampton Coastal and Estuarine Research Program This is happening because our waters are polluted by 100K+ septic tanks in Suffolk, by people who use lawn fertilizer, by 2000 outfall pipes dumping storm runoff into our...
by Marshall Brown | May 22, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
Last month, Jim Tripp of the The Environmental Defense Fund drafted a letter addressed to The Department of Interior, The National Parks Service, The Fire Island National Seashore, The Army Corps of Engineers, and The New York State Department of Environmental...
