03.12.2024 News Peconic resident testifies on behalf of Plum Island preservation Louise Harrison, the natural area manager for New York- and Connecticut-based nonprofit Save the Sound, testified last Thursday before a congressional subcommittee in the nation’s capital about the proposed...
12.09.2022 Editorials Editorial: Report card on Sound’s water quality is must-read All in all, there is good news in Save the Sound’s 2022 Long Island Sound report card, which gives high grades to the eastern basin of the Sound, but...
11.28.2022 Environment Report: Eastern Long Island Sound healthy despite concerns over rising water temperatures The Long Island Sound waters off the North Fork remain in good health, according to a recent report. Save the Sound’s 2022 Long Island Sound report card released on...
09.24.2022 Environment First phase of eelgrass restoration project completed in Long Island Sound In early August, Emma DeLoughry of Save the Sound and Rob Vasiluth of SAVE Environmental dove into Long Island Sound off of Fishers Island and collected eelgrass seed pods,...
08.09.2021 Environment Study of Plum Island waters finds lots of life, no human impact Outlined against a powder blue sky, two terns swirled in a light breeze over the waters surrounding the north side of Plum Island. The two birds were obvious. Less...
10.11.2020 Environment Eastern Long Island Sound earns high grades in latest water quality report Long Island Sound earned an A+ and A on its latest report card related to water quality. The high grades issued in Save the Sound’s 2020 report represent the...
07.27.2020 Environment ‘Envision Plum Island’ report spurs renewed call for preservation When a survey of marine habitats on and around Plum Island was completed last September, one of the many remarkable discoveries was the abundance of birds on the 822-acre...
05.20.2020 Environment Plum Island marine survey finds abundance of animal, plant life The waters surrounding Plum Island, one of the more mysterious areas in New York State, are a little less of a mystery now. A team of divers and marine...
