Jamal Roman dreams of one day running a garden—or even a farm—filled with vegetables, fruit, and chickens. For now, he’s starting in his backyard, hoping to grow it into a livelihood. The dream is rooted in a love of nature, food, partly inspired by the agricultural traditions of his family’s West Indian and Southern heritage. […]
More than 788 Miles Paddled and $11,900 Raised to Benefit Long Island Sound NEW HAVEN, Conn., and LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Participants paddled more than 788 miles across shoreline and open water by kayak, stand up paddleboard, and canoe during the eleventh annual Paddle for the Sound. The virtual challenge and fundraiser, organized by Save the Sound, brought […]
On the last Friday of July, our Soundkeeper team embarked on their 100th trip to remove lost or abandoned lobster traps from Long Island Sound. It’s an important and impressive milestone for this program, launched in 2022 to help save wildlife and retrieve debris that in some cases has been littering the Sound for decades. […]
Join fellow paddlers in a kayak, stand up paddleboard, or canoe challenge to protect clean water, wildlife, and coastal communities NEW HAVEN, Conn., and LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Save the Sound’s Paddle for the Sound returns for its eleventh year from July 31 through August 9, inviting paddlers of all experience levels to kayak, stand up paddleboard, or canoe while raising funds to protect and restore Long Island Sound. Paddle for the Sound allows participants to paddle from any location throughout the 10-day […]
Increased investment in clean water infrastructure provided one of the few positive outcomes After a budget process that dragged 57 days beyond deadline left barely a week for the Legislature to focus on passing bills, the 2026 New York legislative session concluded Friday, leaving Save the Sound concerned over significant rollbacks to existing environmental protections and […]
Increased clean water investment is a positive; rollbacks to CLCPA, SEQRA threaten environmental health More money will be invested in clean water infrastructure, but the longest negotiation process in years resulted in a New York State budget for Fiscal Year 2027 that Save the Sound laments will be more harmful than helpful for environmental protections. […]
New Haven, CT — Save the Sound has received a transformational $750,000 gift directed by Tim Hopkins on behalf of the Barrett Family Foundation. The gift, announced ahead of Long Island Sound Day—May 22, 2026—as part of the Sound Future Campaign, will expand Soundkeeper boat patrols across the entire Long Island Sound estuary, strengthen Save the Sound’s growing presence on Long Island, […]
Grades based on water quality data collected during 2025 swimming season About three-quarters of the Sound’s beaches had consistently clean water last summer. Seventy-seven percent of the 192 public and private Long Island Sound beaches that were sampled at least nine times during the 2025 swimming season received A or B grades from Save the […]
