by Marshall Brown | Oct 5, 2016 | Cleaner Water
Today, Oct 5th, The Suffolk County Legislature will be debating funding of a plan for sewering along the main streets and in the low lying areas of Sayville, West Sayville, and Oakdale. Â Â We need vibrant town centers — and we really need a healthy bay. Â ...
by Marshall Brown | May 26, 2016 | Education
Right now people are meeting and planning to launch a moratorium on the use of pesticides and non-organic lawn fertilizers in Sayville. Â The goal is this: Â If we could get just this one community to change its lawn care practices, would we see any measurable...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 21, 2016 | Cleaner Water, Featured
Sewering is crucial to saving The Great South Bay. Without it, nitrogen from our cesspools and septic tanks will continue to leech into our groundwater, then on to the bay, triggering brown tide and other algal blooms. Resurrecting our shellfishing industry depends on...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 21, 2016 | Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Great Atlantic Shellfish Farms, located in Islip, NY, reached out to Save The Great South Bay because it is launching a new program:   Oyster Gardening.  The program, which consists of four evening classes, then a summer of gardening your own oysters, is...
by Marshall Brown | Jan 14, 2016 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water
Back in October 2015,  Save The Great South Bay was chosen by The Freshman Class at Sayville High School as the local non-profit they’d support this year.  They in turn were working with a local oyster company, Blue Island, to institute a local moratorium on...
