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...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 3, 2013 | Cleaner Water
1794 Map of Eastern Great South Bay 1820 Map of the Great South Bay Mosaic of The New Inlet – 5-31-13 Courtesy Prof Charles Flagg and The Great South Bay Project Team At SoMAS 5-31-13 Courtesy Prof Charles Flagg and The Great South Bay Project Team At SoMAS New...