Year: 2025

By ohtadmin, Jamestown Press Registration has opened for the only sanctioned open-water swim across the East Passage. The event, sponsored by Save The Bay, is scheduled for Saturday, July 19. The 2-mile swim from the Naval War College on Newport’s Coasters Harbor Island to Potter Cove in Jamestown is commemorating its 48th year. The town … Read More

A Bottle bill has not been introduced in the current legislative session but a new poll conducted for Save the Bay found support for a bill to establish a recycling deposit program. It found widespread concern about litter and waste along Rhode Island shorelines and in the ocean. The survey of 400 registered voters found … Read More

By: Alex Kuffner, Providence Journal PROVIDENCE – More than half of Rhode Islanders support the passage of a bottle bill, while less than a third oppose it, according to a new poll.  The survey, commissioned by Save The Bay, asked 400 registered voters their opinions about the state’s recycling system and a proposal to create a redemption … Read More

BY: ALEXANDER CASTRO , Rhode Island Current More than half of Rhode Islanders support a bottle bill to create a recycling deposit program, according to survey results shared Friday by Save the Bay.  The 10-page report is based on a poll of 400 registered Rhode Island voters conducted by research firm The Mellman Group in February via phone and … Read More

More than 70% concerned state’s recycling system not working By Staff, ecoRI News PROVIDENCE — A new poll of registered voters in Rhode Island finds that most support the creation of a deposit return system for beverage containers, better known as a bottle bill. The poll was conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Mellman Group. It was paid … Read More

by PATRICE WOOD, NBC 10 NEWS PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — What makes Southern New England such a gem? Narragansett Bay is always on the list. The bay, once filled with toxins and sewage, has come a long way thanks to Save The Bay and many volunteers. Save the Bay Executive Director Topher Hamblett has been part of … Read More

by: Leah Crowley, WPRI12 NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — On July 19, swimmers will traverse the roughly two-mile stretch between Newport’s Naval War College and Potter Cove in Jamestown for Save The Bay’s biggest annual fundraiser. Registration for “The Swim” opened on Monday. According to the nonprofit, the event usually brings hundreds of swimmers and kayakers to Rhode Island’s … Read More

By: Alex Kuffner, Providence Journal PROVIDENCE – The first impacts of the mass layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are starting to be felt in Rhode Island, and those who know and work with the federal scientific and regulatory agency are worried that deeper cuts could threaten the state’s all-important squid fishery, its oyster farms and its ability to … Read More

The nonprofit organization’s flagship fundraiser, taking place this year on Saturday, July 19, starts at the Naval War College in Newport and finishes in Jamestown’s Potter Cove.   by Ryan Belmore, WUN Save The Bay this week opened registration for its annual Save The Bay Swim, an annual event that challenges skilled swimmers to tackle two miles … Read More