CCE Marine staff and volunteer stewards enjoyed paddling out to help deploy Bay Scallops in our Tiana Bay Shellfish Sanctuary!

This work has been funded in part through our Town of Southampton Community Preservation Fund Water Quality Improvement grant, and through the generous support provided to our Hampton Bays Stewardship Site Fund.

Kim Manzo and Kate Rossi-Snook give us an up close look at our 2026 Seahorse Hotel deployments in Greenport, Southold, Hampton Bays, and Sag Harbor/North Haven Stewardship Sites!

Kim Manzo, Seahorse + Eelgrass specialist, reflects on the launch of our new Seahorse Hotel initiative, providing stable habitat structure in the absence of the eelgrass seahorses depend on.

2025 marks the 10-Year Anniversary of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Back to the Bays Initiative!

Shellfish 101 - first Stewardship Session of the season

Read our 2024 Back to the Bays Impact Report for a full review of the our 2024 projects and progress.

Read our 2023 Back to the Bays Impact Report for a review of our restoration and education initiatives throughout the East End of Long island.

Learn about our Coastal Plant restoration efforts and how YOU can help our pollinators this Valentines Day!

Learn about our Coastal Plant restoration efforts and how YOU can help our pollinators this Valentines Day!