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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.
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).
Photos from our Eelgrass Event
Check out the pictures from our Saturday June 2017 Eelgrass event.
Ray Dowd Oyster Farming Breakfast Photos
See some of the photos from our fun and educational breakfast on Oyster Farming
Yale Day of Service
Our Yale Day of Service event on May 13th was a great success! Despite the rainy weather, we had an excellent turnout. Attendees built oyster cages and made eelgrass disks while learning about all of MBP's efforts! We want to thank everyone for coming out to learn...
It’s Horseshow Crab Season
Have you noticed when walking along the beach there are more horseshoe crabs? This is spawning season. Pikes Beach is one of the few areas where Horseshoe crabs migrate to spawn. If you are interested in helping Cornell in their annual survey of spawning...
Oyster Beds Are Doing Great
The Moriches Bay Project team and Greg Rivera from Cornell Cooperative Extension waited for the tide to be just right on a beautiful sunny morning recently to take a boat out to visit two of our oyster beds and the results were... great! We saw quite a bit of growth...
New Partnership with Rebecca Dolber | R.E.D.
As a kid, Moriches Bay was my playground. My parents didn't have a boat, but at the end of our street, we had a park where we could throw down a towel, sunbathe and go fishing. My siblings and I spent many summer afternoons racing hermit crabs and lowering chicken...
Yale Day of Service
Dear Yale Alumni, family, friends and friends of the Moriches Bay Project, Please join us on Saturday May 13th, 2017 for a feel-good day! Help the Moriches Bay Project kick off the 2017 season with a day of volunteering. Projects will include the creation of oyster...
WHB St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2017
Take a look at some of the pictures from the WHB St. Patrick's Day 2017 parade. It was also a celebration for our good friend, Jimmy Mack, on his 60th birthday. A big thank you for his support. We're excited because we won 2nd place! Go...
MBOS Installed at Windswept Marina
Moriches Bay Project's Aram Terchunian and Victoria D' Ambrosia took advantage of the great weather we've had recently and installed a Moriches Bay Observation System (MBOS) at our F.L.U.P.S.Y. at Windswept Marina. This system will monitor the water quality and let us...
Eelgrass Event Lead by Stephen Heck
Please check out this video of MBP in action! Last summer, we hosted a fantastic eelgrass event lead by our very own Stephen Heck, Director of the eelgrass project. We were thrilled to spend the day with a great group of supporters and volunteers. Thank you to all who...
Moriches Bay Project Visits the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School
On January 20, 2017, Moriches Bay Project visited the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School. We had a great time speaking with these wonderful young students and teaching them to build oyster cages. Thank you for having us!
Moriches Bay Project Youth Outreach
Moriches Bay Project believes that teaching our youth to be stewards of the Bay is crucial for long term success in improving the health of our local waters. Through community and school based events, children learn the importance of keeping our local bays clean and...
Moriches Bay Project Visits the Westhampton Beach Elementary School
Moriches Bay Project had the pleasure of speaking to the first grade students at the Westhampton Beach Elementary school on January 13, 2017. MBP's Laura Fabrizio shared the importance of keeping our local bays clean and how everyone can play a...
Thank You Center Moriches Troop 800
Moriches Bay Project recently visited with the Center Moriches Troop 800 Tigers and Wolves. We are so proud that the Troop Leaders and Tigers will be maintaining our FLUPSY at the Windswept Marina this spring. Thank you Troop 800!
