Two people fish in the New Haven Harbor. The harbor received a B+ in Save the Sound's 2024 report card. Environmental nonprofit Save the Sound has released its annual water quality report card, ...

Join the 33rd annual Swim Across America – Long Island Sound open water swim to make waves to fight cancer on Saturday, July 26, 2025. This fun and inspiring event attracts more than 800 swimmers, ...

Long Island Soundkeeper Bill Lucey speaks with the WSHU podcast Higher Ground about the health of the Sound. Simply put, Long Island Sound used to be pretty gross. About two decades ago, a group of ...

The EPA announced last month it will consider regulating microplastics — particles that can be microscopic — as a contaminant ...

Less than 40% of Westchester residents say the water quality of the Long Island Sound is "good" or "excellent," according to a new report. "I happen to think it's pretty clean," says New Rochelle ...

Efforts to cut the amount of nitrogen pollution released into Long Island Sound by wastewater, fertilizer, and out-of-date sewage plants and septic systems are continuing to help improve water quality ...

All of us depend on the ocean, which regulates climate and affects our weather. Oceans also contain vast ecosystems, provide nutrition and support livelihoods here in Connecticut. But climate change ...