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Join Save The Great South Bay’s
crew of volunteers who will be
maintaining community oyster gardens
at local docks in Bay Shore, Babylon
and Amityville as part of the Great
South Bay Oyster Project.
Under the guidance of trained team
leaders, Ron Marino, Neal Axelrad,
Richard Regula and Bill Higgins, volunteers
will provide bi-weekly maintenance
of crates by pulling them out of
the water, rinsing and scrubbing them
down. Samples are then taken of these
miniscule creatures (Crassostrea virginica),
also known as spat, from each
crate and checked for survivorship and
growth. It’s a great way to learn about
the oyster life cycle with a hands-on approach.
The time commitment is approximately
two hours every other week
during the growing season which runs
from early July until the end of September.
At the end of the season, the grown
out oysters will be planted in the Great
South Bay Oyster Project sanctuaries
out in the Bay. The sanctuaries provide
suitable sites for adult oysters to spawn,
and promote wild settlement. Environmental
superheroes, one mature oyster
can fi lter up to 50 gallons of water per
day.
The Community Oyster Gardening
program is run by West Islip resident
and organization Board Member Andy
Mirchel in collaboration with Demetrios
Caroussos of Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Suffolk County’s SPAT
program. We extend our heartfelt thanks
and gratitude to the Commodore Rhianna
Quinn Roddy of Bay Shore Yacht
Club, Commodore Phil Berdolt at Babylon
Yacht Club and Commodore Sean
Ellis at Unqua Yacht Club for providing
space at their docks.
Get Involved! Volunteer at www.
savethegreatsouthbay.org/volunteer.
Students and families are welcome.
Community service forms available.
About Save The Great South Bay
It’s our bay, our heritage — and our
legacy. It is up to all of us to protect it
for today and for future generations to enjoy.
Save The Great South Bay is a local
501(c)3 non-profi t that advocates for and
implements real solutions that help protect
and preserve the bay, and with that,
strengthen our South Shore communities.
Our volunteer-driven activities include the
Creek Defender program, the Great South
Bay Oyster Project and the South Shore
Bays Collaborative Monitoring program
and Report Card. To learn more about
Save The Great South Bay, visit www.
savethegreatsouthbay.org and follow us
on social media.
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