Gathering on the Creek

Please join us on Saturday, July 19 from 3:00 - 5:00pm to catch up with your friends and neighbors and learn more about the projects going on in and around the creek. Music, food and beverages will again be provided. Come hungry!!

All islanders are welcome to come by water or land and enjoy an afternoon on Menantic Creek with us. Be part of the discussion of the ongoing efforts to assess and evaluate conditions in the creek and neighboring waterways.

Hosted by the MCKC Board at the home of Sue Townsen at 27 Dickerson Drive. Please spread the word, all are welcome.

Menantic Creek Water Quality Monitoring

Annual water quality monitoring in the creek continues. With the financial support of the Water Quality Improvement Advisory Board & the Town Board, our third monitoring station in the neck of the creek was up and running as of August 2024.

As of November 30, 2024 we removed the equipment for the winter months and resumed monitoring on June 1, 2025. We will monitor water quality through November 30, 2025. Check back for data reports soon. 

Back to the Bays – Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE)

A pilot oyster reef was installed in Menantic Creek. Individual oysters were planted in the creek as part of CCE’s town shellfish harvest enhancement program. Many thanks to Kate Rossi-Snook for all of her hard work!

Please visit the Menantic Creek page on the Back to the Bays website for further information on Back to the Bays’ Shelter Island and specifically, Menantic Creek initiatives.  https://backtothebays.org/menantic 

Peconic Estuary Partnership (PEP) - Stony Brook Studies

Over the past two years, Stony Brook has studied oyster growth, seaweed, eel grass and kelp across various locations in the Peconic Bay and Menantic Creek. Oysters have done well but seaweed, eel grass and kelp have been unsuccessful in the Creek.  

Menantic Creek and West Neck Harbor Dredging

Suffolk County finished dredging in West Neck Harbor, Dickerson and Menantic Creeks this past winter. The dredging went into the creek to just past the boat yard near to one of our logging stations. We will evaluate any changes to water quality near this station as we get this year’s data.

Shelter Island Water Quality

Shelter Island Water Advisory Committee (WAC) meets once a month and continues to schedule information sessions to discuss water quality challenges. https://www.shelterislandtown.gov/

Thank you for your continued support of water quality initiatives in Menantic Creek.