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View fullsize Join #backtothebays this week for a week of ArtSea in Hampton Bays! Get creative with shell bit mosaic with the return of Tiana Tuesdays or paint with acrylic on canvas on Thursday at @thestationbarhamptons Register now at https://backtothebays.org
View fullsize JUNE SPECIES OF THE MONTH // Oyster 🦪 🦪 At Back to the Bays, the oyster is one of our key species we focus on for shellfish restoration. But HOW do we restore this important species at our Stewardship Sites across the East End? 1️⃣ It all begin
View fullsize ☀️ Still looking for some fun for Still looking for some fun for your kiddos this summer? Select spots remain for our Summer Camps at Tiana Bayside in Hampton Bays! 🐚 Join us for ArtSea (8-10 year olds), July 28 – August 1 from 9am –
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View fullsize ✨ Watch these buoys transform into ART! ✨ Join us for our Buoy Painting Parties this Friday, June 13 and/or Friday, July 11 at @borghesevineyard to create your own buoy to be included with our Buoys for the Bays Exhibit opening on July 17! 🍷 $20 a
View fullsize Join #backtothebays this week for THREE opportunities for horseshoe crab monitoring + a Stewardship Session in Southold + our first Buoy Painting Party on Friday at @borghesevineyard in preparation for our Buoys for the Bays Exhibit + Auction! Regis
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View fullsize JUNE SPECIES OF THE MONTH // Eastern Oyster 🦪 Oysters are filter feeders and help keep our bays clean as they feed on tiny algae. A single oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of seawater per day! 🦪 Oysters are born as swimming larvae, then sett
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View fullsize 📣 Announcing our BUOYS FOR THE BAYS EXHIBITION + AUCTION on Thursday, July 17 at 5:30pm @borghesevineyard 🎨 Calling all artists! Pick up your buoy at Borghese Vineyard now through July 10, create your artwork and be featured in the exhibit + auct
View fullsize Join #backtothebays this week to celebrate the release of the new Rosé for the Bays and the Long Island Marine and Coastal Field Guide on Saturday at @borghesevineyards Register now at https://backtothebays.org/calendar #backtothebays #even
View fullsize 🌊 Meet us in Montauk! Join us this Wednesday, June 4 as we kick of our collaboration with @montaukyachtclub with an ArtSea Create + Sip session. 🦪 Learn about oysters, water quality and how it impacts the local ecosystem. Dive into the world of d
View fullsize MAY SPECIES OF THE MONTH // Horseshoe Crab ☀️ To wrap up Horseshoe Crab month, we would like to recognize Danielle Morris, a former Back to the Bays volunteer who now works full time in our @ccemarineprogram shellfish hatchery. Danielle also taken
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View fullsize ❓ Did you know that most homes on Long Island built over 100 years ago used dried eelgrass leaves for insulation? 🌱 Eelgrass plants naturally shed their leaves to cope with overgrowth by epiphytes and wave damage, and dense mats washed ashore. ?
View fullsize 🌸 Rose for the Bays + Long Island Coastal and Marine Field Guide Release Party 🌸 Next Saturday, June 7 at 5pm at @borghesevineyard 🌸 Sip the newest vintage of this rosé with proceeds benefit #backtothebays and meet the author and illustra
View fullsize Join #backtothebays this week for TWO opportunities to get hands on with horseshoe crabs (our May species of the month!) + our Brew for the Bay Release Party 🍻 on Friday at @kiddsquidbrewco Register now at https://backtothebays.org/calendar #bac
View fullsize MAY SPECIES OF THE MONTH // Horseshoe Crabs What can YOU do to help? ❇️ Educate yourself and others about the importance of horseshoe crabs and how to safely handle them. Remember, never pick them up by the tail. Try not to separate mating pairs.
View fullsize ‼️ ONE WEEK FROM TODAY ‼️ Join us Friday, May 30 at 5pm @kiddsquidbrewco for our Brew for the Bay Release Party! Register now at link in bio. 🍻 Celebrate this crisp Pilsner that builds oyster reefs and plants eelgrass meadows in Sag Harbor! Learn m

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View fullsize Eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows provide essential habitat for many species of finfish and shellfish during part or all stages of life. Due to the structure and protection they provide, eelgrass meadows are the most biodiverse marine habitats in our
View fullsize Who's ready to Shellabrate?! The annual event we've been waiting for all year is almost here, and we can't wait to see everyone. Wristbands are selling fast so grab yours today, and better yet consider coming in as a Sponsor to get special access t
View fullsize Today's #fieldworkfriday mission: retrieve temperature loggers ✔️ collect shell stringers ✔️ check on summer oyster reef plantings ✔️ be safe, have fun, and don't flood your waders ✔️ Successful end of season outing to wrap things up at our Quog
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View fullsize Our North Fork Polar Bear x Back to the Bays collaboration made it possible for over 100 eelgrass “tortillas” to be assembled at our Marine Meadows workshop last weekend. Throughout next month these tortillas (each woven with 10 eelgrass
View fullsize Did you know that the ancestor of modern eelgrass was a land plant that moved back into the ocean? Stay tuned to learn more about eelgrass and all things Blue Carbon. #Eelgrass #BlueCarbon #Evolution #MarineBiology
View fullsize Join us for a hands-on ArtSea experience where you’ll learn about the importance of blue carbon ecosystems and create your own beautiful cyanotype prints to take home. This event will take place at the scenic Tiana Beach Bayside Facility on Thu
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View fullsize Join CCE Marine Program’s Educator Ella Gatfield to learn about Blue Carbon, followed by seed collection in the marsh on October 17 from 3:30 - 5 PM at our Tiana Bayside Facility 🌊 By helping Back to the Bays collect marsh grass seed, you are
View fullsize Two Seafood Cuisine Trails are being developed on LI to drive business and tourism to restaurants and markets elevating locally-harvested fish and shellfish. If you are interested in being considered for the trail, complete the survey at www.tinyurl.
View fullsize Free ArtSea Event Halloween Inspired Shell Decorating October 10th 4-5:30 for ages 7-10.
View fullsize Yesterday was a gorgeous day on the water seeding 1 million hard clams and 20,000 bay scallops with the @southamptontowntrustees for our Town Shellfish Enhancement Program. . . . #shellfish #aquaculture #hardclams #bayscallops #harvest #southampton
View fullsize In the South Shore Estuary Reserve (SSER), water temperatures exceed 25 C for more than 30 days in all of the meadows, save those located near the ocean inlets. Most of the meadows in the SSER do not show the stress that the Peconic eelgrass meadows
View fullsize CCE Marine will be tabling and have a touch-tank at the Viva la Sound Environmental Festival tomorrow! This event is hosted by City Island Oyster Reef on City Island. We are promoting our collaboration with CIOR as well as the amazing work we do here
View fullsize On Monday/Wednesday/Friday we do FLUPSYs. 1 row out of 6 - if only we could actually clean all those barrels this fast! “FLUPSY” stands for Floating Upweller System. In each FLUPSY there is a series of barrels holding thousands of clams
View fullsize Join our ArtSea program director Carolyn Munaco for one (or two) nights of create and sip fun! Next Tuesday she will be guiding participants in making a seahorse mosaic at Greenport Harbor Brewery, and discussing all things northern lined seahorse (H
View fullsize Our Back to the Bays team welcomed college interns Evelyn Helinski and Sam Olweck for the summer. They were nothing short of wonderful - engaged and instrumental in our marine research and restoration, in addition to helping us deliver related public