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Welcome to the Moriches Bay Project™!
We are a local organization dedicated to working within our community to monitor and restore Moriches Bay. The Bay was once a thriving natural habitat for shellfish, eelgrass, and many other important aquatic species. However, over the last few decades the decline in water quality has led to a majority of their disappearance.
Please help the Moriches Bay Project™ to improve the quality of our bay and make a difference you can see!
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Moriches Bay Project and CCE Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center
The Moriches Bay Project team members recently visited Cornell Cooperative Extension's Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center located at Cedar Beach in Southold. We were lucky to spend time talking with Otto Schmid. Thank you to Cornell Co-op for having us!
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Thanks to W.A.V.E.S Environmental Club
Thank you to the Westhampton Beach Elementary School W.A.V.E.S Environmental Club for including Moriches Bay Project in their Coins for Creatures program. Your support means so much to us!
Sabrosa Mexican Grill Supporting Moriches Bay Project
Big news! The Moriches Bay Project has been chosen by Sabrosa Mexican Grill to be their charity of the month for July 2017! Be sure to visit a Sabrosa location during the month of July. Any tips collected as well as the total check amount from their 1st customer of the day will go towards our organization! We are thrilled to have been chosen! Please spread the word!
Locations:
1152 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11976
1767 Old Country Road
Riverhead, NY 11901
129 Ronkonkoma Avenue
Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
660 Commack Road
Commack, NY 11725
Watch screening of the 1976 documentary Baymen - Our Waters are Dying
Please join Westhampton Beach Mayor Moore and the Village Conservation Advisory Council on July 7 at 12:00 noon for a discussion and screening of the 1976 documentary, "Baymen - Our Waters are Dying," featuring Westhampton Beach's own Bill Bennett.
The film, produced by the late former Remsenburg resident Anne Belle, was televised on PBS at the time of its release and received international acclaim. It is a 28-minute portrait of the way of life of Long Island's shell fishermen and was filmed largely on Mecox and Great South Bays. It is particularly meaningful today, since the threat to the shellfish industry, talked about in the film, is still very much alive and in the news.
The screening will be preceded by a Q and A with CAC member Chris Clapp, a scientist with The Nature Conservancy. People may bring a brown-bag lunch and the Library will offer drinks and dessert.
When: Friday, July 7
Where: Westhampton Beach Free Library
Time: 12:00 to 2:00 PM
Boy Scouts Maintaining FLUPSY at Windswept Marina
The Boy Scouts are hard at work maintaining our FLUPSY over at Windswept Marina. Feel free to go on down and take a look anytime.
Save The Date: 3rd Annual Oyster Fling
If you would like to be a sponsor at this event or donate an auction prize, please download and complete the forms below. Send the completed form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Remember we all live, work or play on this Bay.
We all have a responsibility to help.
Please note: We do not accept American Express
and there are no refunds on ticket purchases.
Update on Floating Upweller System
Recently the Moriches Bay Project team gathered at Windswept Marina in East Moriches, to work on our F.L.U.P.S.Y. (Floating Upweller System).
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