Our Approach

SAVE Environmental has developed a successful restoration method for eelgrass (Zostera marina). Projects have spanned several years in Smithtown Bay, Great South Bay, Shinnecock Bay and Sterling Harbor off Greenport. Research support has come from the University of Connecticut, Connecticut College, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Save the Sound, The Nature Conservancy, Seatuck Environmental Association and Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.