SPLASH in the News

Buoy 4, Kiwanis, Splash team up to clean the bay – LI Herald, 8/31/2022

Operation SPLASH targets trash along LI’s South Shore – Newsday, 8/26/2022

Operation SPLASH helps to clean up Long Island waterways – Newsday, 8/25/2022

Multi-canal clean-up nets over two tons of debris – LI Herald, 8/25/2022

Nonprofits on receiving end of more than $600G in grants from Melville foundation – Newsday, 8/8/2022

The Long Island Community Foundation Awards $623,500 in Grants to 29 Nonprofits – Long Island Community Foundation, 8/4/2022

Operation SPLASH volunteers work to keep Long Island’s waterways litter-free – CBS News, 5/31/2022 

Volunteers with Operation SPLASH clear litter on Long Island – CBS News, 5/31/2022

Environmental groups issue plan for sewage plant – Newsday, 3/21/2022

MTN DEW® Awards $200,000 to 40 Nonprofit Organizations That Champion the Great Outdoors – Cision PR Newswire, 1/18/2022

Freeport’s Operation SPLASH enters its fourth decade – Freeport Herald, 7/25/2021

SPLASH crews still cleaning the South Shore – Freeport Herald 7/22/2021 

Volunteers working to clean up LI’s Waterways – FOX 5 NEW YORK 07/31/2019  

A funeral for a friend — ‘Mr. Styrofoam’ – LI Herald, 6/26/2019

Curran signs law banning plastic foam – LI Herald, 6/20/2019

Operation SPLASH tackles pollution in Long Island waters – Newsday, 5/16/2019

800 pieces of plastic collected in over an hour Jones Beach – 1/4/2019

QUEENS SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS CLEAN UP WITH OPERATION SPLASH – Team Up 4 Community, 10/4/2017

Freeport SPLASH cleans up canals – LI Herald, 7/6/2017

A conduit to cleaner bays in Nassau County – LI Herald, 11/30/2016

Great South Bay cleanup planned to get debris out of waterway – Newsday, 8/28/2016

Making a ‘SPLASH’ against trash – LI Herald, 7/13/2016

Nassau eyes aqueduct as solution to Bay Park outfall problem – Newsday, 5/20/2016

Join Up and Clean Up with Operation SPLASH – Boating Times LI, 11/15/2015

Freeport marina stops using copper paint on boats, citing environmental harm – Newsday, 7/8/2015

Reynolds Channel trash cleanup benefits environment, teaches children – Newsday, 8/3/2014

High school students, Hofstra faculty to clean salt marsh – Newsday, 10/4/2013

New Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant is first of its kind, wins national award – Newsday, 8/29/2013

Environmental documentary to debut by Operation SPLASH – Greener Ideal, 10/23/2012

New pipe reroutes Jones Beach sewage – Newsday, 8/14/2012

Sewage still dogs Jones Beach State Park – Newsday, 7/2/2011

In Praise of Our Wooden Flagship – Boating Times LI, 6/1/2011

Battling Trash Below – Boating Times LI, 7/1/2010

The Growing Problem of Shrink Wrap – Boating Times LI, 4/2/2010

Storm Runoff and Garbage – Boating Times LI, 7/1/2009

Bottom Paint – Boating Times LI, 5/1/2009

A Boat Ride to Rid the Bays of Debris – The New York Times, 5/1/2009