New York’s 2026 legislative session begins in Albany on Wednesday, January 7, amid heightened concerns about state budget shortfalls and affordability. Save the Sound acknowledges these challenges but also recognizes the urgency to strengthen state-level policy and funding to protect clean water and habitats, coastlines, and communities from the increasing impacts of climate change. “We […]
Meaningful protections for vulnerable species will extend around entire Long Island Sound Horseshoe crabs in New York State finally will receive meaningful protections after Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act into law on Friday. When the law takes full effect in 2029, the harvesting of horseshoe crabs—which are considered vulnerable to regional extinction—for […]
The Stump Pond Dam in Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown, NY was constructed as a mill 227 years ago on the Nissequogue River, creating a 100-acre pond behind it. In August 2024, an unnamed thunderstorm breached the dam, unleashing the dam material and a flood wave from the impounded water to the downstream reaches of […]
Rye, New York – Save the Sound has launched the new Alexander Center for Ecological Action, which brings together our Ecological Restoration program and the Doherty Climate and Resilience Institute to build a healthier future for the Long Island Sound region through innovation and leadership. The Alexander Center for Ecological Action has been made possible […]
As climate disasters increase in frequency and severity, calls to improve “climate resilience” have spread around the nation. It’s an easy buzzword to repeat, but what does it actually mean? Climate issues are complex and understanding them isn’t easy. In 2024, Save the Sound launched the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Climate and Resilience Institute to communicate those answers. With that in mind, here are three things you should know […]
Overall failure rates drop, but high bacteria counts persist despite another dry monitoring season For the second straight year, overall failure rates dropped in Save the Sound’s annual fecal indicator bacteria monitoring season. Of the 745 water samples collected by staff and volunteer community scientists from 66 locations from Greenwich, CT, through Westchester County and […]
As they reached the bridge that marked the end of a thousand-meter piece, Reagan Amundsen and her three Maritime Rowing Club teammates in the shell stopped to catch their breath. What she noticed that morning in that particular stretch of the Norwalk River, though, took her breath away. There was debris floating in the water, […]
At Save the Sound, from ecologists to artists to policy pros, we’re united by a drive to make a difference, tackling issues from every angle. This summer, by a stroke of serendipity, a few folks from Yale’s Religion and Ecology graduate program were part of our team, and two of them carved out time to […]
