Keyword: 'Operation SPLASH' | Herald Community Newspapers

Keyword: Operation SPLASH

33 results total, viewing 21 - 30

Richard Baldwin of the Interboro Team and Apex Companies, left, and Don Harris, Freeport SPLASH’s education director, spoke about wetlands degradation to participants in Saturday’s event during a boat tour of the canals south of Freeport.

Three members of the Interboro Rebuild by Design team showcased plans to restore and reinforce Nassau County’s southern shorelines at an event sponsored last Saturday by Freeport SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors). more

By Vanessa Parker | 4/1/14

Tales of an eager garbage picker (condoms excepted)

I was standing atop a mound of dried reed grass, piled high inside a circle of scrub brush, plucking up plastic pens and aluminum cans and depositing them in a big black garbage bag, when the ground beneath my feet suddenly gave way. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/4/13

SPLASH making a difference

Operation SPLASH’s annual cleanup of the wetlands and bays that hug the South Shore has become a tradition for the Bo family of Bellmore. This year, Joann Bo, a mother of three, came with her … more

By Scott Brinton | 3/26/13

Debris and garbage was piled along West Broadway two weeks after Sandy.

Ford calls on EPA to check air, water quality

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford (R-Long Beach) called on the Environmental Protection Agency last week to test the air and water in Long Beach and other areas amid residents’ concerns over … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/6/12

A quartet of swans from Point Lookout were left dirty and dazed by Hurricane Sandy.

Operation SPLASH in a holding pattern

Operation SPLASH (stop pollution, littering and save harbors), a group synonymous with the cleanup of Long Island’s bays and waterways, has been stifled by hurricane Sandy. It’s not that … more

By Chris Connolly | 11/20/12

Jacklyn Rizera 7, left, Grace Sanzone, 8, and Mrs. Sanzone were among the many volunteers that helped clean up Masone Beach.

Island Park rallies to clean up Masone Beach

Inspired by a cleanup in East Rockaway in March, Island Park resident Tommy Asher organized a cleanup for Masone Beach, and the entire community backed him up. Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate … more

5/16/12

City Manager Jack Schnirman, left, Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, New York State Sen. Dean Skelos, Citizens Campaign for the Environment Executive Director Adrienne Esposito, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, City Council President Fran Adelson, Operation SPLASH President Rob Welter, Point Lookout Civic Association President Gerald Ottavino, Councilman Scott Mandel, and Council Vice President Len Torres at a press conference on Monday.

Weisenberg secures funding for Western Bays study

In an effort to continue environmental studies of the polluted Western Bays, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach) recently secured $300,000 in funding under the Environmental Protection … more

Anthony Rifilato | 4/25/12

Hofstra journalism student Abdullahi Sada shot video from a skiff that ferried him to an island just south of Bay Park, where he spent the morning shooting footage and collecting trash.

Hofstra journalism students collect sound bites –– and trash –– in the wetlands

Eight Hofstra University graduate journalism students in Adjunct Professor Scott Brinton’s Issues in Science Reporting class grabbed rubber gloves and oversized garbage bags and headed by boat on March 24 to the archipelago of tiny islands and mudflats south of Bay County Park in East Rockaway to join in and report on a massive cleanup of the wetlands. more

4/5/12

Scott Bochner and his fellow volunteers collected debris by hand during a Reynolds Channel marsh cleanup in May and brought it to a sanitation facility in Long Beach.

Long Beach Person of the Year

Every day, West Pine Street resident Scott Bochner, 55, steps out onto his balcony and takes in the view of Reynolds Channel across from his home. Whether in the morning, before work, or in the … more

Chris Engelhardt | 12/28/11

Don Harris, vice president of the nonprofit environmental group Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering And Save Harbors), stood beside a boom used to collect trash from Freeport Creek. The organization’s core mission is cleaning up South Shore wetlands and bays.

Making a SPLASH across the South Shore

Diesel exhaust from nearby boatyards suffused the air as Don Harris cruised north in a 27-foot Carolina skiff up Freeport Creek, past a pair of mute swans that he calls Chip and Ophelia, the towering smokestacks of Freeport Power Plant No. 2, a Town of Hempstead dredging barge and hundreds of boats, many sleek and modern, others abandoned, rotting hulks sinking into the murky water. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/23/11

« Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Next »

Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.