Is your beach safe for swimming?

Our new interactive map explores health of beaches around the Sound

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Sound Swim Alerts, Sunday, Week 2

Long Island Sound beaches in Greenwich and Westchester County are open again today. With warm temperatures, blue skies and no rain all weekend, it looks like another great day to get outside and enjoy the Long Island Sound.

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Sound Swim Alerts, Week 2

It’s Saturday morning, it’s warm and sunny, and Long Island Sound beaches are open in Westchester County, Nassau County, and Greenwich.

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Sound Swim Alerts

Sound Swim Alert: Beautiful Swimming for July 4th Weekend!  The third season of our Sound Swim Alerts starts this weekend with good news: Long Island Sound beaches are open in Westchester County, Nassau County, and Greenwich. 

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Photo Journal: Sunken Meadow State Park marsh planting

Nearly 60 volunteers and 10 coordinators braved the muddy conditions to plant over 3000 plants over 3 hours. This is part of an ongoing process with the goal of converting 1 acre of mudflats into salt marsh, a feat calling for 12,000 individual cordgrass plants.

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Save the Sound starts summer water quality monitoring and beach alerts

Efforts will increase knowledge about water pollution in Westchester, Nassau, and Greenwich

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Vermont Takes Action on Nitrogen Pollution

New law underlines the need for a comprehensive Long Island Sound diet.

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Georges Bank on the Habitat Chopping Block

Written by our friends at CLF, this blog discusses how Georges Bank could lose its critical habitat protections.

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