by Marshall Brown | May 24, 2014 | Fixing Habitats
From Wednesday 5/21/2014 Huffington Post, Part IVÂ of the continuing series, “Can Long Island Be Saved?”
by Marshall Brown | May 17, 2014 | Cleaner Water
Part III of the Huffington Post series, Can Long Island Be Saved? Here, we interview Carl LoBue, senior marine scientist of The Nature Conservancy.
by Marshall Brown | May 7, 2014 | Cleaner Water
Here is Part I of a projected three month series on the question, Can Long Island Be Saved? This series, written for The Huffington Post, will focus primarily on water quality issues. What is happening to our drinking water? What is happening to our bays, rivers and...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 9, 2014 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats
Released January 24th, 2014, this report is thorough, comprehensive, and alarming. Â The 350,000 septic tanks in Suffolk County are killing all our ponds, rivers, and bays. Lawn fertilizers, pesticides, toxic plumes, volatile household chemicals and improperly disposed...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 10, 2014 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
On November 13th, 2013, The Suffolk County Legislature voted 13-3 to raid the Drinking Water Protection Program to the tune of almost $33 million dollars in order to balance the budget.  This was unacceptable then, and now.  The fund was established in 1987 by a...