by Howard Ryan | Jul 20, 2018 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fishing and Boating, Fixing Habitats, Save Raitan Bay
Up to 60% of the human body is water. The world is comprised of 71% water. Simply put— we are beings made of water living on a planet made of water. If you follow the waters on the globe from the bottom, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Oceans are...
by Marshall Brown | Jul 4, 2018 | Featured, Shellfish
While Blue Island Oysters has its hatchery in West Sayville, its oyster farm is off Captree.  And last Friday was my day to visit. In 2000, Chris Quartuccio acquired a former bait shack and the lease for a surrounding six acres, and Blue Island Oysters was born....
by Howard Ryan | Jun 26, 2018 | Advocacy, Algal Blooms, Bioat Sewage, Boat Sewage, Cleaner Water, Education, Featured, Fishing and Boating, Fixing Habitats, Hurricane Sandy, Lawn Fertilizer, News, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Pollution, Save Raitan Bay, Septic Tanks, Shellfish, Toxic Plumes
Facts: 2018 Cuomo Priority: Full PCB Clean Up of the Hudson River Cuomo Announces $10.4 Mil to Clean LI’s Waters With Shellfish A New Start for New Jersey on Water Pollution & Flooding Both New York and New Jersey have witnessed some great recent State level...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 8, 2018 | Advocacy, News
It was just over a year ago that I lost my mom.  She truly was a renaissance woman — cooking, sewing, gardening, restoring wicker antiques, knitting, raising five children.  She was also a scientist, a five time Jeopardy contestant (she lost in Game 5 by...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 5, 2018
This March, we lost a great sailor, friend, and environmentalist, Gautam Khanna.  He died doing what he loved best — sailing the bay. He was passionate about life, his love, Kay Sea, and his faithful dog Pluto, or more properly, Dawan Pluto Singh Khanna. To...
