by Ava Herrera | Mar 17, 2025 | Cleaner Water
Photo: Mike Busch As we all know, The Great South Bay has been absorbing waste from leaky cesspools for far too long, leading to brown tides, contamination of ground water, and unsafe swimming conditions. Thankfully, hope is restored by the Clean Water Plan! On March...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 1, 2017 | Cleaner Water, Septic Tanks
By any measure, this was a landmark week for those who for years have sought to address Long Island’s nitrogen pollution issues. First came the announcement by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone that a pilot program has been proposed that over the next two...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 1, 2017 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Lawn Fertilizer, News, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Septic Tanks
By any measure, this was a landmark week for those who for years have sought to address Long Island’s nitrogen pollution issues. First came the announcement by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone that a pilot program has been proposed that over the next two...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 26, 2016 | Advocacy
On Monday, Suffolk County announced what would be the most significant environmental action since collectively the passage of The Pine Barrens Protection Act over 2o years ago.  That piece of legislation, crafted over the course of an epic legal battle over six...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 21, 2016 | Advocacy, Education
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0sPthfadd9E The Great South Bay. For hundreds of years, it was a ‘shellfish factory’: oysters, then clams. This shallow lagoon on The South Shore of Long Island provided half of all the hard shell clams eaten in this country. For...
