Looking up at the screen from a folding chair in the middle of the Westchester County Center’s Little Theater, surrounded by a couple hundred representatives from environmental agencies, elected officials and their staffs, state agency teams, and more than a few concerned citizens, everything seemed so simple. The slide on Water Quality Improvement and Resilient […]
Every year, we welcome a new group of interns and seasonal hires, all of whom are as excited to work to protect the environment around the Long Island Sound region as we are to have them. We are happy to introduce this summer’s newest team members, and to allow you to get to know a […]
Save the Sound is committed to a trash-free Connecticut. We have been Connecticut’s coordinating organization for The Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup for the past 20 years, and each year we are able to make a larger impact. In our first Connecticut Cleanup Report we showcase this effort, which has been made possible by thousands […]
Approximately 2.5 acres of land at Hamden Town Center Park are being upgraded from lawn to a large-scale rain garden to help filter stormwater, restore habitat, and create a greener and more resilient town of Hamden. Construction for this transformation, led by Save the Sound, has started and will continue through May. Volunteer opportunities will […]
New Haven, CT—Environmental organizations, medical professionals, and environmental justice advocates have formed a new coalition focused on state and local solutions to the climate crisis. The Connecticut Coalition for Climate Action came together to help elected officials strengthen the state’s climate law, the Global Warming Solutions Act, to reflect the urgency of the climate crisis […]
Time to Keep Connecticut’s Climate Promise Connecticut promised to cut climate pollution and protect our future, but the state is not on track to meet its obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Considering the report issued Monday by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we cannot wait any longer to strengthen the state’s […]
Save the Sound will receive nearly $750,000 through New York’s Water Quality Improvement Program for the Big Rock Wetland Restoration Project in Queens. It’s part of a recent package from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC), which has awarded approximately $110 million to 86 projects across the state aiming to protect […]
Save the Sound and the Town of Wilton are gearing up to remove Dana Dam, also known as Strong Pond Dam, this spring to restore fish passage in the Norwalk River. The dam, originally installed by Charles Dana to create an ice-skating and swimming pond for his children in 1940, is the first barrier upstream […]
