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They'll be using native plants: spicebush, meadowsweet, blue flag iris, and great blue lobelias.
Check back next week to see how these beauties look like in the ground! 2/2
Check back next week to see how these beauties look like in the ground! 2/2
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
They'll be using native plants: spicebush, meadowsweet, blue flag iris, and great blue lobelias.
Check back next week to see how these beauties look like in the ground! 2/2
Check back next week to see how these beauties look like in the ground! 2/2
On Saturday, David Abreu, our clean water advocacy specialist, and students from the Port Chester Youth Bureau will install a rain garden at William James Memorial Gateway Park to redirect stormwater runoff from the roof of the pump station before it reaches the Byram River. 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On Saturday, David Abreu, our clean water advocacy specialist, and students from the Port Chester Youth Bureau will install a rain garden at William James Memorial Gateway Park to redirect stormwater runoff from the roof of the pump station before it reaches the Byram River. 1/2
A “specificity test” is a standard quality check when introducing a new analytical method to a lab. Testing non-human samples helps ensure the test isn't producing false positives.
A ”sensitivity test” run on wastewater samples will verify the consistency of detection for human fecal bacteria. 3/3
A ”sensitivity test” run on wastewater samples will verify the consistency of detection for human fecal bacteria. 3/3
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A “specificity test” is a standard quality check when introducing a new analytical method to a lab. Testing non-human samples helps ensure the test isn't producing false positives.
A ”sensitivity test” run on wastewater samples will verify the consistency of detection for human fecal bacteria. 3/3
A ”sensitivity test” run on wastewater samples will verify the consistency of detection for human fecal bacteria. 3/3
Our lab staff will run tests on the non-human samples as part of our method validation for the new DNA-based testing method (qPCR) that will help us identify when human sewage pollution might be present in the water. 2/3
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Our lab staff will run tests on the non-human samples as part of our method validation for the new DNA-based testing method (qPCR) that will help us identify when human sewage pollution might be present in the water. 2/3
Science has to start somewhere.
That’s why members of our water quality team have been busy collecting fecal samples—deposits from geese in a local park, a donation from Fitz the dog, and raw sewage from the Bridgeport WPCA West Side Treatment Facility. 1/3
That’s why members of our water quality team have been busy collecting fecal samples—deposits from geese in a local park, a donation from Fitz the dog, and raw sewage from the Bridgeport WPCA West Side Treatment Facility. 1/3
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Science has to start somewhere.
That’s why members of our water quality team have been busy collecting fecal samples—deposits from geese in a local park, a donation from Fitz the dog, and raw sewage from the Bridgeport WPCA West Side Treatment Facility. 1/3
That’s why members of our water quality team have been busy collecting fecal samples—deposits from geese in a local park, a donation from Fitz the dog, and raw sewage from the Bridgeport WPCA West Side Treatment Facility. 1/3
David Ansel, VP of our Center for Water Protection, joined Sen. Harckham, AM Otis, @amdanalevenberg.bsky.social, and other environmental leaders from the New York Clean Water Coalition today in calling on Gov. Hochul to maintain the funding for the Clean Water Infrastructure Act at $500m in FY2027.
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
David Ansel, VP of our Center for Water Protection, joined Sen. Harckham, AM Otis, @amdanalevenberg.bsky.social, and other environmental leaders from the New York Clean Water Coalition today in calling on Gov. Hochul to maintain the funding for the Clean Water Infrastructure Act at $500m in FY2027.
The overall failure rate dropped by 2% from 2024, but high bacteria counts persisted despite this being a dry monitoring season.
Check out the full results from 2025: www.savethesound.org/what-we-do/h... 2/2
Check out the full results from 2025: www.savethesound.org/what-we-do/h... 2/2
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The overall failure rate dropped by 2% from 2024, but high bacteria counts persisted despite this being a dry monitoring season.
Check out the full results from 2025: www.savethesound.org/what-we-do/h... 2/2
Check out the full results from 2025: www.savethesound.org/what-we-do/h... 2/2
Thanks to the hard work and commitment of our staff, seasonal staff, and 16 volunteer community scientists, we were able to collect and process 745 water samples from 66 locations in the western Long Island Sound during our 2025 bacteria monitoring season. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thanks to the hard work and commitment of our staff, seasonal staff, and 16 volunteer community scientists, we were able to collect and process 745 water samples from 66 locations in the western Long Island Sound during our 2025 bacteria monitoring season. 1/2
At the end of a stormy Thursday last week, Emily Bulmer, our environmental analyst, went to City Island to check on our boat. She found this waiting for her.
If you're going to put a bow on the end of the 2025 Unified Water Study season, a full rainbow over Long Island Sound is the way to do it.
If you're going to put a bow on the end of the 2025 Unified Water Study season, a full rainbow over Long Island Sound is the way to do it.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
At the end of a stormy Thursday last week, Emily Bulmer, our environmental analyst, went to City Island to check on our boat. She found this waiting for her.
If you're going to put a bow on the end of the 2025 Unified Water Study season, a full rainbow over Long Island Sound is the way to do it.
If you're going to put a bow on the end of the 2025 Unified Water Study season, a full rainbow over Long Island Sound is the way to do it.
Emily Bulmer, our environmental analyst, and Emma Phillips, our environmental tech, found them Wednesday when retrieving our logger apparatus from Mamaroneck Harbor, where it’s been deployed throughout the six-month Unified Water Study season (which ends today).
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Emily Bulmer, our environmental analyst, and Emma Phillips, our environmental tech, found them Wednesday when retrieving our logger apparatus from Mamaroneck Harbor, where it’s been deployed throughout the six-month Unified Water Study season (which ends today).
Behold the Coffin Box Bryozoan, a filter-feeding invasive species perfectly nicknamed for Halloween.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Behold the Coffin Box Bryozoan, a filter-feeding invasive species perfectly nicknamed for Halloween.
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... which will help us identify whether the fecal bacteria present in collected samples came from humans (the target DNA for this test). Knowing the source of bacteria pollution makes it a lot easier for municipal leaders to determine how to resolve the problem. 2/2
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
... which will help us identify whether the fecal bacteria present in collected samples came from humans (the target DNA for this test). Knowing the source of bacteria pollution makes it a lot easier for municipal leaders to determine how to resolve the problem. 2/2
Elena Colón, our lab manager, spent time recently taking the very beginning steps of preparing plasmid-derived DNA Standard Reference Material, which is used to quantify how much target DNA is in a water sample. This is an important part of the process of Microbial Source Tracking ... 1/2
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Elena Colón, our lab manager, spent time recently taking the very beginning steps of preparing plasmid-derived DNA Standard Reference Material, which is used to quantify how much target DNA is in a water sample. This is an important part of the process of Microbial Source Tracking ... 1/2
Emily Bulmer, our new Environmental Analyst, has spent much of her first month at Save the Sound getting familiar with her new territory. She recently explored the Western Narrows of Long Island Sound with Peter Linderoth, our director of healthy waters and lands, aboard the Terry Backer I.
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Emily Bulmer, our new Environmental Analyst, has spent much of her first month at Save the Sound getting familiar with her new territory. She recently explored the Western Narrows of Long Island Sound with Peter Linderoth, our director of healthy waters and lands, aboard the Terry Backer I.
It was great to see our friends from @nylcv.bsky.social, who visited our Larchmont office Thursday to discuss environmental priorities for Westchester County and NYS and to check out our John and Daria Barry Foundation Water Quality Lab.
October 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It was great to see our friends from @nylcv.bsky.social, who visited our Larchmont office Thursday to discuss environmental priorities for Westchester County and NYS and to check out our John and Daria Barry Foundation Water Quality Lab.
Save the Sound works with Billion Oyster Project to restore oyster reefs across Long Island Sound.
Oysters are a powerful resilience tool because they can grow up and adapt to rising sea levels while helping prevent coastal erosion.
#restorationisresilience
Oysters are a powerful resilience tool because they can grow up and adapt to rising sea levels while helping prevent coastal erosion.
#restorationisresilience
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Save the Sound works with Billion Oyster Project to restore oyster reefs across Long Island Sound.
Oysters are a powerful resilience tool because they can grow up and adapt to rising sea levels while helping prevent coastal erosion.
#restorationisresilience
Oysters are a powerful resilience tool because they can grow up and adapt to rising sea levels while helping prevent coastal erosion.
#restorationisresilience
* Email the Governor directly: savethesound.quorum.us/campaign/143452
* Join Ella McGrail, our NY policy coordinator, and activist kHayl this Thursday for a webinar discussing how to communicate most effectively with your state representatives. savethesound-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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* Join Ella McGrail, our NY policy coordinator, and activist kHayl this Thursday for a webinar discussing how to communicate most effectively with your state representatives. savethesound-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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October 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
* Email the Governor directly: savethesound.quorum.us/campaign/143452
* Join Ella McGrail, our NY policy coordinator, and activist kHayl this Thursday for a webinar discussing how to communicate most effectively with your state representatives. savethesound-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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* Join Ella McGrail, our NY policy coordinator, and activist kHayl this Thursday for a webinar discussing how to communicate most effectively with your state representatives. savethesound-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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David Ansel, VP of our Center for Water Protection, spoke at a press conference Tuesday in Northport, urging Gov. Hochul to sign the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act.
Encourage the Governor to provide the same protections for horseshoe crabs in NY that are already in place in CT in two ways:
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Encourage the Governor to provide the same protections for horseshoe crabs in NY that are already in place in CT in two ways:
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October 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
David Ansel, VP of our Center for Water Protection, spoke at a press conference Tuesday in Northport, urging Gov. Hochul to sign the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act.
Encourage the Governor to provide the same protections for horseshoe crabs in NY that are already in place in CT in two ways:
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Encourage the Governor to provide the same protections for horseshoe crabs in NY that are already in place in CT in two ways:
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You’re invited! Join Save the Sound’s Annual Meeting & reception on Nov. 2 at the Larchmont Yacht Club. Connect, celebrate, and hear updates from President Leah Lopez. Members will also vote for the Board.
Free for members; $25 non-members: www.savethesound.org/annualmeeting/
Free for members; $25 non-members: www.savethesound.org/annualmeeting/
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
You’re invited! Join Save the Sound’s Annual Meeting & reception on Nov. 2 at the Larchmont Yacht Club. Connect, celebrate, and hear updates from President Leah Lopez. Members will also vote for the Board.
Free for members; $25 non-members: www.savethesound.org/annualmeeting/
Free for members; $25 non-members: www.savethesound.org/annualmeeting/
Last month a federal court lifted the administration’s stop work order on Revolution Wind, an offshore wind farm that will begin delivering power to Connecticut next year. We must keep up momentum on this renewable energy source that will offer clean, reliable, and affordable power to our region.
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Last month a federal court lifted the administration’s stop work order on Revolution Wind, an offshore wind farm that will begin delivering power to Connecticut next year. We must keep up momentum on this renewable energy source that will offer clean, reliable, and affordable power to our region.
We've had a lot to talk about this week regarding water quality in Westchester.
David Ansel, VP of our Center for Water Protection, and associate Soundkeeper Allison Rugila took Assemblywoman Amy Paulin through New Rochelle Harbor to discuss water quality challenges in + around her district.
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David Ansel, VP of our Center for Water Protection, and associate Soundkeeper Allison Rugila took Assemblywoman Amy Paulin through New Rochelle Harbor to discuss water quality challenges in + around her district.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We've had a lot to talk about this week regarding water quality in Westchester.
David Ansel, VP of our Center for Water Protection, and associate Soundkeeper Allison Rugila took Assemblywoman Amy Paulin through New Rochelle Harbor to discuss water quality challenges in + around her district.
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David Ansel, VP of our Center for Water Protection, and associate Soundkeeper Allison Rugila took Assemblywoman Amy Paulin through New Rochelle Harbor to discuss water quality challenges in + around her district.
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Living shorelines allow for designs tailor-made to the specific needs of each habitat and community.
Living shorelines are responsive and adaptive, and let marshes move upward with sea level rise and allow sea life to thrive. #Restorationisresilience #CTSustainabilityandResilienceWeek
Living shorelines are responsive and adaptive, and let marshes move upward with sea level rise and allow sea life to thrive. #Restorationisresilience #CTSustainabilityandResilienceWeek
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Living shorelines allow for designs tailor-made to the specific needs of each habitat and community.
Living shorelines are responsive and adaptive, and let marshes move upward with sea level rise and allow sea life to thrive. #Restorationisresilience #CTSustainabilityandResilienceWeek
Living shorelines are responsive and adaptive, and let marshes move upward with sea level rise and allow sea life to thrive. #Restorationisresilience #CTSustainabilityandResilienceWeek
(1/2) This week is CT Sustainability and Resilience Week! Living shorelines are a key piece to resilience in coastal communities.
Each living shoreline is customizable to match the challenges of specific locations.
Each living shoreline is customizable to match the challenges of specific locations.
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
(1/2) This week is CT Sustainability and Resilience Week! Living shorelines are a key piece to resilience in coastal communities.
Each living shoreline is customizable to match the challenges of specific locations.
Each living shoreline is customizable to match the challenges of specific locations.
In September, the Six Lakes Park Coalition and the Town of Hamden co-hosted a movie night in Hamden and collected more responses to our community visioning survey to help shape the future of a Six Lakes Park!
September 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In September, the Six Lakes Park Coalition and the Town of Hamden co-hosted a movie night in Hamden and collected more responses to our community visioning survey to help shape the future of a Six Lakes Park!