Carl LoBue’s posts on the Save The Great South Bay Facebook page always get me thinking, and googling. And this one is no exception: …
Tag: The Nature Conservancy
News12: Fire Island Breach Created by Superstorm Sandy Stops Brown Tide at Great South Bay
….which begs the question, ‘shouldnt we be opening up breaches in Shinnecock and Moriches Bays and other places so that they could be …
From Newsday 6-08-13 — Carl LoBue and Christopher Gobler Weigh in On Algal Blooms This Spring and How the Breach Is (Thus Far) Sparing The Great South Bay From Brown Tide
The dreaded brown tide is back in some South Shore bays, threatening everything from eelgrass to scallops, but Great South Bay has been spared so far thanks to superstorm Sandy, a marine scientist said Friday.
Update: Save The Great South Bay CORRECTLY Predicts: Widespread Beach Closings Throughout Long Island in the Wake of Tropical Storm Andrea
You really don't need a crystal ball for this prediction: Tropical Storm Andrea will dump up to three inches of rain on Long Island Friday into Saturday. That rain will in turn wash septic water into our rivers, streams, ponds, and bays, and with that will force the closure of a number of Long Island beaches over this coming weekend. These days, a good downpour brings many millions of gallons of contaminated, septic water from the land to the water. With over 100,000 septic tanks in Suffolk County, when it rains our waters suffer. The bacteria counts explode and our beaches become hazards. The water literally becomes dangerous to be in. So as night follows day, a heavy rain will close the beaches. The same thing happened on Memorial Day Weekend. Heavy rains, it was reported, closed the following beaches:
Meet a Clam Digger – Steve Kuhn
Via Andrew Kozak, a graduating senior at Stony Brook University. His senior project concerned the collapse of the clamming population in The Great South Bay, and with it a way of life. His project may be viewed at www.longislandclams.com.
Save The Great South Bay — An Introductory Slide Show
Save the Great South Bay chooses science over politics.
What Mother Nature and The New Inlet Can’t Do — A Bay in Peril
With The New Inlet, Mother Nature's true gift was to give us but a glimpse of what the Great South Bay was and could be again. It's a challenge to us to take action. Next summer, will The New Inlet even be there, whether because of nature or man? Then what? The bay starts to die again. Here's what Mother Nature alone can't fix, and what we must fix if we want this bay all the way back, New Inlet or no New Inlet: