Save the Sound

Leading eco action across your region: fighting climate change, saving endangered lands, protecting the Sound, restoring ecosystems. On FB, IG, Threads, Bluesky

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📢WHERE TO FIND SAVE THE SOUND📢

🌤️Bluesky (new!) @ SaveTheSound
🧵Threads @ cfe.savethesound
📸Instagram @ cfe.savethesound
🧑Facebook @ savethesoundct
🕺TikTok @ savethesoundinc
🎥YouTube @ SavetheSoundCTNY

And our website: https://t.co/mlqY8zb5wF

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Wet windshield weather how we've missed you!

Please share your regular old rainy day photos--droplets on leaves or windowpanes, puddles, rainwater flowing into storm drains, or even anything problematic you encounter.

Post them here or email us: [email protected].

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The North Branford Land Conservation Trust recently acquired 37.5 acres of open space, protecting vital woodlands near Lake Gaillard—a key drinking water source. Their commitment is a testament to the power of land trusts in preserving our natural resources for future generations

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With the president-elect pledging to double down on fossil fuels, it's clear that tackling climate change will require strong leadership from states like Connecticut. It’s up to us to push for a cleaner, healthier, and more resilient energy future. https://t.co/uUflbYyZPy

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Check out these upcoming events and sign up here: https://t.co/IwRyUbFVhh

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Suffolk County . . . you've waited for this for a long time. Clean water is on the ballot today.

Be sure to flip your ballot, Vote Yes on Prop 2, and protect Suffolk County's water for generations to come.

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Flip your ballot for the environment! Don't forget to examine your ballot for any local referenda to protect clean water, clean air, and open spaces. Happy election day!

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Your gift to Save the Sound today will help fund projects that restore rivers and streams, reconnect inland waters to the Sound, and remove aging dams. When you support Save the Sound, you support solutions that work. Please take action now at https://t.co/YPaP9HJEBX.

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Happy Halloween from the Save the Sound staff! We had costumes and trick-or-treating in both offices, and here's the New Haven crew's costumes. See if you can spot the eel grass!

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We are grateful to our friends @nylcv for honoring Save the Sound's work in Westchester County at their event @Mville_U on Tuesday night. We appreciate their leadership and partnership on critical environmental issues in the Long Island Sound region and across the state.

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On Nov. 1, they sleep in.

The six-month Unified Water Study season ended on Thursday, and our crew thanks our 26 partner groups for all the early mornings on the water and everything else involved in the hard, important work of monitoring our bays and harbors around the Sound.

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Thanks to everyone who joined the call for clean water at Monday's rally in Babylon. We heard from environmental champions, the business community, unions, educators, surfers, and one hopeful turtle, all urging Suffolk County voters to flip their ballots & vote yes on Prop 2.

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Coming up this week we have a rain garden volunteering opportunity, a webinar about our recently released LIS report card, and a community meeting about the Kinneytown Dam Removal project. Sign up here: https://t.co/IwRyUbFVhh

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Check out what's coming up this week! There's one last rain garden installation, a Long Island Sound Report Card webinar, and a Kinneytown Dam Removal community meeting. Sign up here: https://t.co/IwRyUbFVhh

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Join Peter Linderoth, our director of water quality, for a deep dive into the grades for the open waters of Long Island Sound and 57 bay segments around its margins at our 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card webinar: TUE Oct. 29, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Register: https://t.co/1PdRH3dD8M

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We're excited to announce that the Six Lakes Park petition has reached 1500 signatures! Help us reach our goal of 2000 signatures by the end of the year by signing today: https://t.co/4NIIEtpOna

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How did New Rochelle Harbor and Mamaroneck Harbor do in Westchester County? How about the bays in Fairfield County and along the north shore of Long Island?

Download a digital version of the 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card and see for yourself! https://t.co/PQRPJRljFj
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The Eastern Narrows received a B in our recently released 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card. This means that for the 2023 monitoring season, 98% of the open waters of the Sound received a B grade or better.

But what about the bays and harbors in the Eastern Narrows?
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@ArvinasInc @BGCA_Clubs Thanks for being out there!

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We know:
* Nitrogen pollution from inadequate septic systems endangers bays & harbors on Long Island.
* Prop 2 would enable Suffolk Co. to replace 380k septic systems with nitrogen-reducing technology.
* On Nov. 5, Suffolk Co. voters can flip their ballots & vote yes on Prop 2.