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Habitat Restoration
We advocate for healing the creeks that feed our bay, for bay-friendly yards, for helping to return a shellfishing industry to the Great South Bay, and for the deployment of modern wastewater treatment technologies to address the problems caused by 500,000 cesspools and septic tanks, as well as the 197 large scale septic systems in malls, apartment complexes and locally.
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Lend a hand! Join our Oyster Project Team and help revive The Great South Bay.
Partnering With Oyster Growers
Of course, nothing happens without cleaner water. That is why getting rid of our cesspools and septic tanks, healing our creeks, tackling runoff, and practicing natural lawn care is so important.
Please contact us with any suggestions you may have. You can also donate our efforts. We want to apply the latest techniques in aquaculture to revitalize our bay, our economy and our local culture.
We advocate for healing the creeks that feed our bay, for bay-friendly yards, for helping to return a shell fishing industry to the Great South Bay, and for the deployment of modern wastewater treatment technologies to address the problems caused by 500,000 cesspools and septic tanks, as well as the 197 large scale septic systems in malls, apartment complexes and locally.
Where You Can Get Fresh, Long Island Blue Point Oysters
- Neguntatogue Oysters (Lindenhurst) – call or text Keith & Nicole at 631-275-8046
- Blue Island Oysters (Sayville)- Call Chris at (631) 563-1330 for availability
- Maris Stella Oysters (Captree) – call or text Sixto at 516-939-5545
- Little A’s (Bay Shore) – call or text Michael at 917-526-1900
- Red Tiger (West Islip) – call or text Lou at 646-228-6273
The Making Of An Oyster Sanctuary
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Establishing the Sanctuary
Enhancing and Measuring for Success
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Recent Progress On Habitat Restoration
News12 Interview with Pio Lombardo, of Lombardo Associates — Denitrification Systems For the Home
Interview with Pio Lombardo, of Lombardo AssociatesClick 'play' for the full interview. via News12
Extended News12 Interview With Prof. Christopher Gobler on Nitrogen Pollution in Long Island’s Groundwater, and It’s Consequences
Extended interview with Dr. Chris GoblerDr. Gobler, of the SBU School of Marine Sciences, talks about how groundwater contaminants affect the waterways. via News12
News12’s “What’s In The Water?” – Part I – Toxic Trails
President of News12 Networks, Pat Dolan began his five part series on Long Island Water quality with Toxic Trails, which examines the growing underground plume of contaminants left in the ground by Grumman and its aerospace manufacturing facilities. The plume continues to grow, contaminating more and more wells that will in turn need very expensive filtering systems. Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director of The Citizen’s Campaign For The Environment, favors pumping out the contaminated water, citing the adverse health effects of having the contaminants in our air, water and soil.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Now Lacks the Budget and Man Power to Do Its Job — Is This a Bug or a Feature?
One preferred tactic for addressing laws you don’t like is to cut off funding to the point where those laws are no longer enforceable. Budgets are statements of priorities. The past ten years have seen sharp budget cuts at the NYSDEC — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. As a result, according to a report recently issued by The Environmental Advocates for New York, “The DEC is looking less, and finding less.”
Newsday Posts An Interactive Map And Database of Active and Closed Superfund Sites In Nassau and Suffolk County — All 254 Of Them
Newsday, which is now taking the whole issue of water quality quite seriously — Note the 5 part series that News12 airing Sept 23-27th: What’s In The Water? — has also posted an interactive map/listing of the 254 Superfund sites in Nassau and Suffolk. This useful tool for locating and learning the status of the 254 sites, unfortunately, may require a user subscription to view for non optonline/cablevision/newsday customers.
Some Interesting Titles About Water Quality from Earthprint.com
Here is a link for some books that might be of tremendous interest to the Save the Great South Bay community http://www.earthprint.com/emails/New-Recent-Water2013.php