Where We Work

Stewardship Sites

Southold

Shelter Island

Greenport

Hampton Bays

Sag Harbor

Quogue

Montauk

Production + Education Facilities

Suffolk County Marine Environmental
Learning Center (SCMELC)

Tiana Bayside Facility (Tiana)

Shelter Island Annex

Mattituck Inlet Annex

Stewardship Sites

We established our Back to the Bays Stewardship Sites to serve as community supported, long-term receiving areas for shellfish seeding, spat-on-shell oyster reef deployments, and coastal and marine habitat restoration. Learn more about each site, by clicking on the names.

Get involved by Becoming a Steward!

Future Stewardship Sites

If you would like to support the creation of a new stewardship site, please contact Kimberly Barbour at kp237@cornell.edu to request a Stewardship Site Sponsorship document.

Donate to one of our Stewardship Sites or Facilities Funds

Contribute to
3% Cover the Fee

Contributions made to our North Fork Facilities Fund directly support the upkeep and enhancement of the building and grounds at SCMELC (Suffolk Country Marine Environmental Learning Center), in Southold. Back to the Bays is an Initiative of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, a registered 501(c)(3). Our EIN is 11-6081424 and contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.