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Recent Updates

Update on Plastic Pellets Pollution

UPDATE: This is a follow-up announcement on the plastic pellet pollution found by a Soundkeeper supporter earlier this month in Mamaroneck Harbor, an area serviced by Soundkeeper Pumpout Boats. As you may recall, plastic pellets were found washed up along the shoreline in Mamaroneck Harbor and the Sheldrake River. These small plastic pellets are dangerous to [...]

Soundkeeper acts on pollution tip

Investigation: Acting on information received from a Soundkeeper supporter we have begun an investigation into pollution of the Sound in Mamaroneck. The Soundkeeper supporter reported millions of very small plastic pellets littering the Mamaroneck, NY shoreline, particularly the East and West Basins of the harbor. Our investigation has led to a company on the Sheldrake [...]

Update on New York State Industrial Runoff Permits

Here’s a quick update on our challenge to NY DEC’s MSGP (industrial)general permit. NYDEC served a demand to change the venue from Westchester to Albany. In response, we served an affidavit showing that Westchester is the proper venue. Now NY DEC will file a motion to transfer, and we will oppose such a transfer and try to [...]

Rain Garden App

Check out the new Rain Garden developed by The University of Connecticut Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) as a resource for homeowners and contractors. The App leads the user through the proper siting, sizing, construction, planting and maintenance of a rain garden. It includes nifty tools to help the user figure out the proper size of [...]

Little Fish Big Victory

Soundkeeper’s Essential Contribution to the Effort to Conserve Atlantic Menhaden Soundkeeper Terry Backer used his impressive, long record as an advocate for healthy marine ecologies to promote a reduction in the commercial catch of Atlantic menhaden. One of the most important fish species in the U.S., menhaden are consumers of plankton and plant detritus [...]

History of Soundkeeper

Pump Out Program