Committees and Work Groups
Long Island Sound Study’s committees and work groups help to implement the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Long Island Sound. Together they represent the Long Island Sound Study Management Conference, a partnership of federal, state, interstate, and local agencies, universities, environmental groups, industry and the public. The Management Conference was convened in March 1988 following the Congressional designation of Long Island Sound as an Estuary of National Significance at the requests of Connecticut and New York.
Committees
Policy Committee
The Policy Committee has overall responsibility for LISS, including approval of goals and the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Learn More
Management Committee
The Management Committee develops goals, approves work plan, and plans and oversees projects. Learn More
Citizens Advisory Committee
The Citizens Advisory Committee communicates citizen concerns about the Sound and the Study to the management committee, provide advice on public education activities, and build a constituency to support the implementation of the Management Plan. Learn More
Science and Technical Advisory Committee
The Science and Technical Advisory Committee advises the Management Committee on science and technical aspects of LISS’s goals. Learn More
Work Groups
Connecticut River Work Group
The Connecticut River Work Group works to develop scientifically-defensible nitrogen load allocations, as well as an implementation strategy, for the Connecticut River Basin in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The allocations are consistent with Total Maximum Daily Load allocations established for Long Island Sound. Learn More
Habitat Restoration Work Group
The Habitat Restoration Work Group responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing restoration of the twelve priority habitat types adopted by the Policy Committee in 1998. Learn More
Nonpoint Source Pollution and Watersheds Work Group
The Nonpoint Source Pollution and Watersheds Work Group focuses on activities that:have the potential to mitigate nonpoint source pollution (stormwater runoff) and support watershed management. Learn More
Sentinel Monitoring for Climate Change Work Group
The Sentinel Monitoring for Climate Change Work Group assists the Management Conference in designing and developing a dynamic climate change monitoring program for the ecosystems of the Long Island Sound and its coastal ecoregions. Learn More
Stewardship Work Group
The Stewardship Work Group identifies sites of significant biological, scientific, and recreational value throughout Long Island Sound, and is charged with developing a strategy for recognizing these sites and coordinating efforts to protect or enhance them. Learn More
Systemwide Nutrient Work Group
The Systemwide Nutrient Work Group provides recommendations to LISS and the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program (HEP) management conferences on the use of the Systemwide Eutrophication Model to support development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) for New York/New Jersey Harbor and the New York Bight, and to support the reassessment of the dissolved oxygen TMDL for Long Island Sound. Learn More