Each Wednesday, we bring you an update on one of our program areas. This week: Climate & Resiliency. Read other recent updates on our blog: Healthy Waters, Protected Lands, Legal Actions, and Ecological Restoration. Outgoing STS president sails the Sound, sees climate impacts Our outgoing president Curt Johnson recently made a five-day circuit of the Sound’s […]
Collaborative discussions yield proposed consent decrees in two lawsuits with benefits for clean water and public health in the Norwalk River watershed New Haven, CT—A cleaner Norwalk River will be the result of collaborative agreements reached with the neighboring towns of Ridgefield and Redding following lawsuits Save the Sound filed under the Clean Water Act. […]
New Haven, CT—The agreement this week by the Connecticut Yankee Council of the Boy Scouts of America to sell their 253-acre Deer Lake property in Killingworth to Pathfinders is a victory for land conservation and for every citizen of Connecticut. David Anderson, Land Campaigns Manager for Save the Sound, said: “Conserving this land will preserve […]
Your Weekly Digest of Save the Sound’s Action Each Wednesday, we bring you an update on one of our program areas. This week: Ecological Restoration. Read other recent updates on our blog: Legal, Healthy Waters, Climate & Resiliency, and Protected Lands. Installing a Rain Garden in Rye, NY Rain gardens are a form of green infrastructure that filter pollutants […]
We’ve come a long way, but a “slow emergency” still threatens Long Island Sound Curt Johnson has lived near Long Island Sound for most of his life, but sailing this magnificent waterway still has the power to evoke awe, inspire action, and teach him—and all of us—about being better stewards of its precious waters. Curt […]
LARCHMONT, NY—David P. Ansel, an environmentalist and corporate attorney, has joined Save the Sound as its Regional Director of Water Protection. In his new role, based at Save the Sound’s Larchmont office, David will lead the organization’s Sound-wide healthy waters initiatives, working with the water quality team to restore rivers, lakes, and harbors in the […]
This is the first installment in a series of stories that will track the progress of our eelgrass restoration project, a collaboration featuring Save the Sound, SAVE Environmental, and the Cornell Cooperative Extension. The accompanying video is made possible by support from 11th Hour Racing. Long green stalks rise up from the sea floor like […]
Senator Murphy Visits Plum, Pushes for Preservation Southold, NY—Both of Connecticut’s U.S. Senators this week threw their support behind the preservation of Plum Island. Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote to the White House, urging President Biden’s “strong support in the preservation and conservation of Plum Island.” The senator argued that naming Plum Island a National Monument […]
