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Locals Help Clean Up West Islip Sampawams Creek

Save The Great South Bay organized the effort to help "keep our South Shore's Great South Bay healthy."

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Suffolk County Legislator Steven J. Flotteron; West Islip Creek Defender Janetmarie Soley; Executive Director and President of Save The Great South Bay, Inc. Robyn Silvestri and Todd Shaw; West Islip Creek Defender Team Leader Andrew Mirchel.
Suffolk County Legislator Steven J. Flotteron; West Islip Creek Defender Janetmarie Soley; Executive Director and President of Save The Great South Bay, Inc. Robyn Silvestri and Todd Shaw; West Islip Creek Defender Team Leader Andrew Mirchel. (Legislator Steven Flotteron, 11th LD)

Press release from the Suffolk County Legislature:

April 23, 2021

Legislator Steven J. Flotteron joined Save The Great South Bay Organization along with scouts, students, teachers, families and local organizations for a massive clean-up of Sampawams Creek in West Islip (one of 50 Creeks leading into the Bay) in an effort to keep our South Shore’s Great South Bay healthy.

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Save The Great South Bay is a local 501(c) 3 non-profit that actively works to restore the bay, and therefore strengthen our South Shore communities. For more information, visit savethegreatsouthbay.org website.

“These volunteer group clean-ups will increase habitat for wildlife, enhancing this public space and restore the creek for all to enjoy for years to come,” said Legislator Flotteron.

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This press release was produced by Suffolk County Legislature. The views expressed here are the author's own.

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