by Marshall Brown | Apr 16, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Since early November, when the news first broke that Hurricane Sandy had breached Fire Island in The Otis Pike High Dunes Wilderness Area, and that this ‘new inlet’ was to be left open at least for a time, The New Inlet has either been demonized as the...
by Marshall Brown | Apr 8, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
By definition editorials are opinions.  They are expressions of belief rather than the strict reporting of facts.  But as such editorials can often advocate uninformed and irresponsible actions.  A newsman, freed of the obligation to substantiate his words, can be...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 22, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
Too bad our politicians Senator Charles Schumer and Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone announced November 19th, just a couple of weeks after Sandy, that they were moving to try and close The Old Inlet, which reopened after 175 years following Hurricane Sandy,...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 20, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
Marine and coastal scientists throughout the country are watching with great dismay over what they see transpiring on Long Island — out of a fear of flooding, people are pushing to have The Breach at The Old Inlet closed by The Army Corps of Engineers, and...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 14, 2013 | Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, at his announcement today that he was in favor of closing the breach, was unable to name JUST one scientist he spoke with who supported his view. So the question is ‘Do you want science driving policy, or...
