Press Releases

The inaugural Save The Bay Seal Tour and Nature Cruise of the 2021 season will depart from Viking Marina in Westerly, R.I. on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. The 90-minute tour cruises down the Pawcatuck River into Little Narragansett Bay, giving passengers the opportunity to enjoy the fall landscape from the deck of the M/V Elizabeth Morris.

Save The Bay kicks off the swim season with a youth swim clinic led by Elizabeth Beisel PROVIDENCE, R.I. – June 9, 2021 – On Tuesday, June 29, Save The Bay will offer a youth swim clinic led by Olympic medalist and Saunderstown native Elizabeth Beisel. Swimmers ages 8 to 18 are invited to register for … Read More

Save The Bay will open registration for its 45th annual Swim fundraiser on Thursday, April 15. The nonprofit organization’s flagship fundraiser typically welcomes hundreds of swimmers to the shores of Newport and Jamestown for a two-mile, cross-bay swim in support of Save The Bay’s mission to protect and improve Narragansett Bay. Following a virtual-only event last year, swimmers and athletes have the opportunity to register for the 2021 Virtual Swim and Open—with challenges in bicycling, running, kayaking, and more—and to enter a lottery for a spot at a scaled-down, in-person Swim on July 17. 

Save The Bay is excited to announce the release of, “Saving Narragansett Bay: How People, Passion, and Perseverance Made All the Difference.”