Breaking down and gearing up for the Bond Act

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 […]

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A walk in the Hutchinson River joins community in tackling the pollution problem

Save the Sound is developing a watershed plan for the Hutchinson River that aims to address community-identified issues. One of the biggest issues, identified by both the community and the state of New York, is pollution. Due to pollution, all segments of the lower Hutchinson River are listed on the New York State 303(d) list […]

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Save the Sound Reaches Settlements with Village of Scarsdale, City of Rye in Clean Water Act Enforcement Actions

Save the Sound has reached settlements with both the Village of Scarsdale and the City of Rye stemming from a Clean Water Act case filed by Save the Sound in 2015 against Westchester County and 11 municipalities to address pollution from raw sewage discharges from aging sewer pipes. The settlement with Scarsdale is the seventh […]

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See something? Smell something? Say something, so we can do something

National Water Quality Month began for Peter Linderoth, our director of water quality, with a halting message. He arrived to our office in Larchmont on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 1, settled in behind his desk, and checked his email. Near the top of his inbox was an audio file of a voicemail, forwarded by […]

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Press Release: 300 Miles Paddled and Over $5,000 Raised to Benefit the Health of Long Island Sound

NEW HAVEN, Conn. and LARCHMONT, N.Y. (Aug. 9, 2023) — Clean water supporters used kayaks, paddle boards, and canoes over the course of nine days to raise funds and awareness for environmental protection in the Long Island Sound region. The eighth annual Paddle for the Sound fundraiser was, for the fourth time, a virtual sporting event that brought together athletes, outdoor enthusiasts, […]

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Press Release: Annual anti-trash campaign targets Long Wharf area of New Haven for cleanup

New Haven – Now in its seventh year, the #DontTrashLISound campaign will kick off August 12 with a cleanup of the Long Wharf area led by Connecticut Sea Grant and Save the Sound. The five-week campaign of cleanups and social media posts, part of the Long Island Sound Marine Debris Action Plan led by the […]

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The Wade and See Approach

The waders did not go over well.  A couple of the half-dozen teenagers gearing up on the sidewalk of the East 3rd Street Bridge connecting Mount Vernon and Pelham struggled to tell the front from the back of their uniforms du jour. Every last one of them objected to the fashion misstatement made by this […]

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Press Release: Forty and Counting: Kicking Off this Year’s Connecticut Cleanup Season with Events Across the State

Save the Sound’s Connecticut Cleanup is back and bigger than ever with over 40 cleanups already scheduled between August and October. Our goal this year: to reach 100 cleanups by the end of the season, with the help of dedicated Cleanup Captains.   Cleanup Captains are those who plan cleanups, recruit volunteers, and host the events […]

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