Our hats off to more than 50 teens, adults and families who made a difference on Saturday, Oct. 5, to protect coastal birds and animals from trash and litter left by visitors to Cove Island Park. Working in teams, they collected and recorded more than 600 cigarette butts as well as pieces of plastic, glass […]
Students from Half Hollow High School are lowering LaMotte bottles over the side of the vessel to take samples of Water at 1 and 9 meters. Once they have collected the samples they will compare measurements of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen,and pH.
Ask any of the students from The Hewitt School. Guided by SoundWaters educators, these high school students spent their morning conducting population studies of the intertidal habitats in Long Island Sound. Among their findings were Atlantic silversides, comb jellies, green crabs, and pipe fish. Another exciting Fall day at SoundWaters!
Have you been meaning to come sailing with SoundWaters all summer and just haven’t made it out yet? You have one more chance! The weather looks great and we have plenty of space! Join us on Saturday, September 28 at 2pm for the final afternoon sail of the 2013 Public Sail Season. Help hoist the […]
Sound Adaptations: Regional Responses to a Post-Sandy World. Mark your calendars and register today for SoundWaters upcoming speaker series, featuring a wide range of perspectives. For information and to RSVP, click here.
The SoundWaters Coastal Center is shored up and ready for a busy fall schedule. Contractors inside and out have replaced the front porch posts and deck, which had rotted from age and water damage; repaired the side porch roof partially destroyed by a falling tree; replaced 11 windows damaged by Sandy’s high winds; and refinished […]
After spending most of August visiting ports on the eastern end of Long Island Sound, the schooner SoundWaters returned to Stamford on Friday. As we returned we got a great view of the start of Stamford Yacht Club’s 79th annual Vineyard Race.
The crew noticed a feathery friend following us as we begin working our way westward. The little tern was using us as a wind shield to take a break as we both head into the 20kt breeze.
All in a days work for the 6th grade Stamford Public Schools science teachers during their professional development day with SoundWaters Education Team. “Thank you for providing the professional development to our grade 6 science teachers! Everyone RAVED about the day and said it was the best PD they have ever received!” Carrie Chiappetta,Ed.S Director […]
All 6th grade science teachers from Stamford Public Schools actively engaged in a full day of field science at SoundWaters. The terrific team began the morning with a canoe paddle on Holly Pond followed by water quality analysis in the lab, a discussion of data, distance learning and an afternoon of seining in Long Island […]
