Nitrogen Pollution Management Leads to Improvement in Open Water Grades; Water Quality in Many Sound Bays Raises Concern The regional nonprofit environmental organization Save the Sound has released findings of its 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card. The biennial report offers compelling evidence that efforts to reduce the amount of nitrogen released into Long Island […]
There was so much to celebrate at Save the Sound this year: President Leah Lopez Schmalz accepted a national award on the organization’s behalf from the Garden Club of America; Laura Wildman, our vice president for ecological action, became the first woman honored with the International Fish Passage Conference’s Distinguished Career Award; we welcomed eight […]
New Haven, CT – Save the Sound has received two grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Long Island Sound Futures Fund (LISFF), supporting the new water quality data-sharing tool QuickDrops and the Long Island Sound River Restoration Network (RRN), a collaboration of Connecticut and New York-based organizations dedicated to the restoration and health […]
New Haven, CT – Climate change is threatening so much of what we hold dear in this region, and state policy does not yet reflect the urgency of the moment. This summer, torrential rain flooded parts of southwestern Connecticut, Long Island, and New York City, destroying homes and fracturing vital transportation infrastructure while record-setting heat […]
Offshore wind has been a hot topic in recent months, and there are misconceptions and misunderstandings causing some to hesitate to support its deployment. Here, we address common questions about offshore wind. Offshore Wind and Wildlife Do offshore wind farms harm marine mammals? Misinformation about the impacts of offshore wind on marine life is being […]
Sign up to receive our Weekly Digest and join our Email Action Network! Congratulations to our inaugural class of Environmental Justice Ambassadors! On November 19, Save the Sound and Junta for Progressive Action celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of the Environmental Justice Ambassadors program, part of Junta’s Youth Empowerment Program. Eight New Haven-area […]
The inaugural cohort of the Environmental Justice Ambassadors program celebrated their graduation on November 19, marking a significant milestone for Save the Sound and Junta for Progressive Action. This first-of-its-kind collaboration, part of Junta’s Youth Empowerment Program, brought together eight dedicated teenagers who completed intensive training to become advocates for environmental justice in their communities. […]
Planting Eelgrass If you were swimming in Long Island Sound before the 1930s you may have felt something brush your leg. It would have been green and long and flowing, almost like a ribbon in the sea. It would have been a home to many species of fish and a breeding ground for them. It […]
by Lindsay Skedgell, ecological communications specialist If you were swimming in Long Island Sound before the 1930s you may have felt something brush upon your leg. It would have been green and long and flowing, almost like a ribbon in the sea. It would have been a home to many species of fish and a […]
