by Marshall Brown | Jun 12, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
Michael Busch of Great South Bay Images took this shot of The Pattersquash Gunner’s Association clubhouse, which sits right now in the middle of a system of shoals, sandbars, and channels that is the New Inlet. Â Â As you can see, much of the water is quite...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 11, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
At least some of you will not be able to read this, not being registered at Newsday — the gist is, however, that we are once again facing large scale algal blooms this year, with worse perhaps to come.   Interestingly though, while so many bays are suffering,...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 11, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Today’s Breach Report comes to us from “Mike T,” who was out boating in Bellport Bay yesterday.  Here’s the picture he submitted, with his commentary: “This would have been a brown trail last year. Water is so clean. Keep thinking...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 10, 2013 | Cleaner Water
It was a winding rough and eventually wet week on the Great South Bay, and the surf was up.   Above is a telephoto shot of the surf at The New Inlet from a dock on Bellport Bay.  Lots of blue fish being caught off the dock and in Bellport.  Ospreys spotted on the...
by | Jun 7, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Brown tide press release Southampton, NY, June 7th 2013 – A brown tide has emerged within some, but not all, of Long Island’s south shore estuaries. Monitoring by The Gobler Laboratory of Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences has revealed...
