The Northern Lined

Seahorse

Hippocampus erectus

Support our Seahorse Conservation Initiative by Donating to our Seahorse Fund

3% Cover the Fee

Contributions at all levels will be directed toward our Seahorse research, conservation, and education initiatives. 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.

Adopt a Seahorse

Protect our local seahorses!

  • $50 ~ Helps provide materials for a seahorse “hotel”

  • $100 ~ Supports an educational community seining event

Seahorses evolved prehensile tails to cling to eelgrass plants, which have suffered decline. We conduct seahorse seining surveys that inform conservation, and build seahorse “hotels” to provide alternative habitat while we restore eelgrass meadows.
Learn more about Species Adoptions

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$50.00

Help us protect and monitor our local seahorse population!

Your $50 contribution helps provide materials to build a seahorse “hotel” to provide suitable habitat structure in the absence of natural eelgrass meadows.

As a thank you gift, please enjoy this mug, depicting our local species, the Northern Seahorse - featuring artwork from our new Long Island Marine + Coastal Field Guide by CCE Marine resident artist, Carolyn Munaco.

Mugs are printed on demand, and will be automatically shipped for free, to the address provided. If you would like 100% of your donation to support Back to the Bays' Seahorse Conservation Initiative, you can opt out of the gift by making a tax-deductible contribution to our Seahorse Fund at backtothebays.org/seahorse

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Adopt a Seahorse T
$100.00

Help us protect and monitor our local seahorse population! 

Your $100 contribution helps support an educational community seining event where volunteers collect data that informs conservation efforts.

As a thank you gift, please enjoy this organic cotton T-shirt, depicting our local species, the Northern Seahorse - featuring artwork from our new Long Island Marine + Coastal Field Guide by CCE Marine resident artist, Carolyn Munaco. 

T-shirts are printed on demand, and will be automatically shipped for free, to the address provided. If you would like 100% of your donation to support Back to the Bays' Seahorse Conservation Initiative, you can opt out of the gift by making a tax-deductible contribution to our Seahorse Fund at backtothebays.org/seahorse

Seahorse Blogs

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A Successful Marine Meadow Workshop at Tiana Bayside Facility
A Successful Marine Meadow Workshop at Tiana Bayside Facility

At our October 24th Marine Meadows Workshop, volunteers wove 1800 shoots of eelgrass into discs of burlap, for CCE Marine divers to plant this week!

Funded by and in partnership with the South Shore Estuary Reserve Program

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Reef Raisers + Meadow Makers at Hampton Bays Middle School
Reef Raisers + Meadow Makers at Hampton Bays Middle School

CCE Marine staff visiting Hampton Bays Middle School’s entire 6th grade to connect students with oyster reef, eelgrass and coastal habitat restoration!

This work has been funded in part through our Town of Southampton Community Preservation Fund Water Quality Improvement grant.

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Summertime at the Seahorse Hotel
Summertime at the Seahorse Hotel

Throughout the summer we monitored our Seahorse Hotels, which were deployed in the spring. Our Seahorse Conservation Team reflects on the diving experience and what species we have observed utilizing our habitat structures.

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Tiana Bayside Marine Camps ~ Summer 2026
Tiana Bayside Marine Camps ~ Summer 2026

Celebrating another successful season of marine science and art programming at Tiana Bayside Facility!

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Seahorse Hotels, open for business
Seahorse Hotels, open for business

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!

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Quogue Junior Ambassadors POV
Quogue Junior Ambassadors POV

Learn about what our Back to the Bays Quogue Jr. Ambassadors have been up to this summer. Lead Ambassadors, Teagan and Oggie, share their experience.

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Seahorse Hotels in Sag Harbor
Seahorse Hotels in Sag Harbor

In partnership with Kidd Squid Brewing Co. we held a Seahorse Hotel workshop in Sag Harbor. These structures will be deployed in village waters to provide additional habitat for our local seahorse species.

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Seahorse Hotel Workshop at Tiana Bayside Facility
Seahorse Hotel Workshop at Tiana Bayside Facility
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Seahorse Hotel Network Launched!  
Seahorse Hotel Network Launched!  

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.

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Seahorse News

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Students Construct Seahorse Hotels- The Southampton Press
Students Construct Seahorse Hotels- The Southampton Press

Shelter Island School District and Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program have teamed up to launch the “Seahorse Hotel Project,” an experiential learning initiative focused on marine conservation.

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‘Seahorse hotels’ to anchor new Southold coastal restoration project - North Fork Sun
‘Seahorse hotels’ to anchor new Southold coastal restoration project - North Fork Sun

At a May 7 workshop at Cedar Beach, Back to the Bays aquaculture specialist and stewardship site manager Kate Rossi-Snook described the bigger picture — a future stitched together by dozens of strategically-chosen restoration zones throughout the East End estuary.

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Seahorse Paint Night at Strong’s Water Club to Benefit Cornell Marine Program - Northforker
Seahorse Paint Night at Strong’s Water Club to Benefit Cornell Marine Program - Northforker

Please join us for an ArtSea night out! Our crowd pleasing ArtSea Create Sip events allow guests to learn about local species and habitats while creating marine themed art. Proceeds directly support CCE Marine’s work.

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