They'll be using native plants: spicebush, meadowsweet, blue flag iris, and great blue lobelias.

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A “specificity test” is a standard quality check when introducing a new analytical method to a lab. Testing non-human samples helps ensure the test isn't producing false positives.

A ”sensitivity test” run on wastewater samples will verify the consistency of detection for human fecal bacteria. 3/3

Our lab staff will run tests on the non-human samples as part of our method validation for the new DNA-based testing method (qPCR) that will help us identify when human sewage pollution might be present in the water. 2/3

The overall failure rate dropped by 2% from 2024, but high bacteria counts persisted despite this being a dry monitoring season.

Check out the full results from 2025: www.savethesound.org/what-we-do/h... 2/2

Emily Bulmer, our environmental analyst, and Emma Phillips, our environmental tech, found them Wednesday when retrieving our logger apparatus from Mamaroneck Harbor, where it’s been deployed throughout the six-month Unified Water Study season (which ends today).

... which will help us identify whether the fecal bacteria present in collected samples came from humans (the target DNA for this test). Knowing the source of bacteria pollution makes it a lot easier for municipal leaders to determine how to resolve the problem. 2/2

* Email the Governor directly: savethesound.quorum.us/campaign/143452

* Join Ella McGrail, our NY policy coordinator, and activist kHayl this Thursday for a webinar discussing how to communicate most effectively with your state representatives. savethesound-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Peter Linderoth, our director of healthy waters and lands, weighed in for this @news12wc story: westchester.news12.com

Then, on an early morning monitoring outing, Peter spotted a small, perhaps juvenile (and camera-shy) grey seal at the eastern entrance to New Rochelle Harbor.

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Living shorelines allow for designs tailor-made to the specific needs of each habitat and community.

Living shorelines are responsive and adaptive, and let marshes move upward with sea level rise and allow sea life to thrive. #Restorationisresilience #CTSustainabilityandResilienceWeek