We stand shoulder to shoulder with our colleagues at Group for the East End, and many other local environmental groups, in opposition of the two bills proposed by County Executive Steve Bellone that would raid the County’s Drinking Water Protection Program for the...
Seriously, when is Suffolk County going to stop poisoning its marshes with methoprene? It kills a lot more than mosquitoes — like for instance many of the creatures that eat mosquitoes, like the Seaside Dragonlet. ‘ Why is the county spending...
To the surprise of absolutely no one, The Suffolk County Legislature once again approved the use of Methoprene spray for mosquito control, with regular spraying to be performed over 20,000 acres of salt marshes (that’s 30 square miles, folks) on a regular basis...
I was poking around on our Facebook Group page this morning, and I stumbled across some interesting data. The data went way beyond the number of group membership (14,312 as of 11/25/2019). It included data by age, gender, location, and participation. Given all...
[Ed Note: This is the inaugural post for SGSB’s Newsroom, a forum for local voices who speak for our bay and for our local environment. Take a look around. We have no time left for inaction and business as usual. The natural beauty that made Long Island a...
