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Grading the Sound
by LEAH SCHMALZ AND KYLA MILESIn January, Save the Sound, a program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment, released its 2011 State of the Sound Report. The first of its kind, the report issues grades...
View ArticleThe Search for Megalops
Become a Part of The Sound School’s Connecticut Blue Crab Population Habitat Study 2010-2015
View ArticleClean The Bay is Expanding Operations Into Connecticut
Clean The Bay, a Rhode Island-based non-profit environmental organization that specializes in removing large debris from the shoreline, is headed back to Connecticut. Clean The Bay crews are scheduled...
View ArticleSenate Panel Passes Legislation to Protect Long Island Sound
Without Passage of Legislation, Long Island Sound Stands To Lose Millions In Federal DollarsOn June 22, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works...
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by CONOR GRANTThe Long Island Sound is one of the world’s most beautiful bodies of water. With its striking coastline and beautiful coastal towns and its convenient location between Connecticut and...
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Rozalia Project Summer 2012 Trash Tour: A lot of marine debris and amazing...
by REBECCA INVER MOFFA What an amazing 2012 Summer Trash Tour we’ve had at Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean! Starting June 3, we boarded our 60-foot mothership American Promise: Captain Kyle Vowels,...
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Engaging the Public, Business, the Regulators and Environmental Groups:...
The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) is a maritime industry-led initiative which operates as a voluntary, non-profit and nongovernmental organization committed to...
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NOAA’s New Northeast Chief’s first official act - Undermining the Marine...
Against the recommendations of the federally appointed Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team, JohnHarbor porpoise, a by-catch of commercial fishing, are often caught and suffocate in gillnets. © A....
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Greening the Fleet
by JOSHUA HAGGARTY AND DAN ALBANI, UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHYIn 2010, as carbon emissions produced by human activities rose well over 3% in the U.S. to 5,638 million...
View ArticleMission Blue: A Wish Big Enough to Change the World
by DEB CASTELLANAIt’s early January of 2012 – one year ago. While most of us are still struggling to come back from our holiday overindulgences, Dr. Sylvia Earle is on the move. Diminutive only in...
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The Clearwater Festival
Bold beats and folk icons, hand-crafted delicacies and gorgeous produce, unexpected art installations and an old-school working waterfront are all part of Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival, also...
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Alternative Energy in the Sailing World!
by HILARY WIECH, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, AND ANNIE BRETT, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, SAILORS FOR THE SEAIt may seem silly to talk about renewable energy in the sailing world – aren’t sailboats powered by the...
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11 Winning Solutions
World-class sailors Rob Windsor of Centerport, NY and Hannah Jenner of Shropshire, England have teamed as Team 11th Hour Racing in the 20th Transat Jacques Vabre, considered the “Super Bowl of offshore...
View ArticleGreen Winterizing
by JESSICA WURZBACHER, MSCA boater’s least favorite time of year is approaching…the weekend when you give up your aquatic existence and haul your boat out of the water, resigning to several land-locked...
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A New Engine for American Promise!
by RACHAEL Z. MILLER, CO-FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ROZALIA PROJECT FOR A CLEAN OCEANNow that the American Promise part of Rozalia Project’s season is over, we want to tell the story of our...
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Seas of Change: The Restoration of Ecosystem Services at Stratford Point
by JENNIFER MATTEI, MARK BEEKEY AND JOHN RAPAGLIA Over geologic history, the seas have risen and fallen, following the decline or increase in the volume of the world’s glaciers and ice caps. Currently,...
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Sound Off - Seas of Change: The Restoration of Ecosystem Services at...
By Jennifer Mattei, Mark Beekey and John RapagliaSacred Heart University Department of Biology, Fairfield, CTOver geologic history, the seas have risen and fallen, following the decline or increase in...
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Pete Seeger’s Legacy Sails On
by Julia ChurchWhat can a song do? What can a sailboat do? Some would say music exists just to soothe or distract people from their troubles. Some say sailboats are just rich men’s toys. Wrong, wrong....
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CARIB Tails
By Nathalie Ward, PhD, NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary An International Citizen Science Project for Boaters
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Sound Environment June 2014 - Return the Sound to Vitality
By Leah Schmalz, Director of Legislative and Legal Affairs, Save the SoundSave the Sound uses legal expertise, grassroots advocacy, volunteer work, and habitat restoration to preserve great coastal and...
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