Yesterday, Curt Johnson and Chris Cryder of CFE/Save the Sound set out on a week-long journey traveling Long Island Sound by sailboat. Curt and Chris will be docking in several locations in Connecticut and New York along the way, including Bridgeport, Darien, Mamaroneck, Oyster Bay, and Port Jefferson, to meet with local advocates and elected […]
This past Wednesday, elected officials representing 14 municipalities in Long Island formally established the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee. The signing of the Inter-Municipal Agreement codifies the relationship between the municipalities who have been working together since January 2010 at the recommendation of Friends of the Bay.
According to the New London Day, a small, 20-foot female humpback whale washed up ashore in Stonington yesterday. The whale was found floating at a beach in the Lords Point area. Officials state that the whale had been dead for about a week and was brought to shore by the tides from Fishers Island Sound. […]
The Long Island Sound needs our support, and we need the Long Island Sound to thrive. At a time when environmental protections are under attack, we must be especially conscious of our responsibility to protect the Sound. I see the value of the Sound every day and in many different places. Recently, I visited two […]
Connecticut recently announced a new marketing campaign, “still revolutionary.” The campaign proudly nods to the state’s historic past, but most importantly, seeks to highlight and remind us of all the revolutionary ideas, people and places that are very much a part of Connecticut’s culture today. The Long Island Sound is one of those places. Unlike […]
I have the pleasure of representing Connecticut’s Fifth District in Congress – among the state’s five districts, it’s one of only two that don’t border the Long Island Sound itself. Of course, that doesn’t mean my part of the state isn’t inextricably linked to the Sound in a thousand ways both large and small. Our […]
As my time in the Senate comes to a close, I often reflect on the great experiences and occasional achievements I have enjoyed while representing the great State of Connecticut. When so much of our work in Congress is based on questions that are urgent, it is especially meaningful to have contributed to preserving something […]
Some of my earliest memories are of summer days spent by the Sound, and evenings of barbecues, fireworks and theater. The powerful beauty and significance of this precious natural resource inspire us to protect and preserve it. In the fights I’ve waged against those who would harm the Sound, I have learned a significant fact […]
