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What Mother Nature and The New Inlet Can’t Do — A Bay in Peril

What Mother Nature and The New Inlet Can’t Do — A Bay in Peril

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...
What Each of Us Can Do This Spring To Help Our Local Waters

What Each of Us Can Do This Spring To Help Our Local Waters

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.     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.  ...
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