Posted on July 9, 2017
Walked the beach on the incoming am tide which was 8:10am. Ocean calm with light off shore wind and a little 2′ wave. Looks like a little more sand came back, but can still see the high tide erosion on many of the dunes between the public Gilgo Beach and Hemlock Cove, about a 3 […]
Category: Beach News Tags: babylon, barrier beaches, beach erosion, dredging, Gilgo, preserve beach, reconstruction, sand replenishment, south shore beach
Posted on June 26, 2017
Walked today at low tide, looks like some sand came back, but not enough to add to the high tide beach, but look better than the 6/17 low tide pictures. Better later than never, think this is the first plus sign of sand to occur this year. Even with the positive development, more erosion to […]
Category: Beach News Tags: babylon, barrier beaches, beach, beach erosion, dredging, environmental, Gilgo, jones beach, oak beach, preserve beach, sand replenishment
Posted on June 20, 2017
Found pictures of the Gilgo Beach area and the Coast Guard Station after Hurricane Sandy passed. That is the Garbage Cove, Great South Bay in the background of slide 3, dunes gone, Ocean Parkway buckled. There looks to be more or the same amount of beach after Sandy than there is at the beach now! […]
Category: Beach News, Preserve and Protect Tags: beach erosion, dredging, engineer, fire island, gilgo beach, preserve beach, sand replenishment, Sandy, science
Posted on June 19, 2017
With the warm winter we just had, besides the tick alert, be very mindful of where you are walking on all of the Fire Island Beaches. Poison Ivy is popping up everywhere. Here is a link to more information about poison ivy All of the plant will give you a rash, not just the leaves, the […]
Category: Beach News, Preserve and Protect Tags: dangerous practices, Gilgo, oak beach, poison ivy
Posted on June 19, 2017
The old Coast Guard station located on the east side of Gilgo Beach Town Park and the entrance to Gilgo State Park is exposed more than it has been in the 20 years I have been coming here. Here is a link to more information about the Gilgo Coast Guard Station. In the photo below, […]
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