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More Than $1.6 Million Awarded for Community-Based Projects to Improve Health and Vitality of Long Island Sound
October 17, 2011 — The 2011 LIS Futures Fund Grants were announced in the Peabody Museum at Yale University on Oct. 14. Continue Reading
- 10.14.11 — More Than $1.6 Million Awarded for Community-Based Projects to Improve Health and Vitality of Long Island Sound (NY Press Release)
- 09.22.11 — EPA and New York State Announce Ban on Dumping Sewage from Boats into Long Island Sound
- 07.25.11 — Sound Vision Tour Visits LIS Harbors
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Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference
The 23rd annual conference, sponsored by NEIWPCC, will be held in Portsmouth, NH on May 15 and May 16. Continue Reading
Innovative Ways to Improve Water Quality
Traditional methods to reduce nutrients in the Sound include upgrading sewage treatment plants to eliminate reactive nitrogen in sewage and reducing storm water runoff that carries nutrients from fertilizer and animal waste into storm drains and tributaries. These methods reduce the amount of nutrients entering the Sound from the land. An additional method that is [...] Continue Reading
Sound Advice
2012 — Published in 2002, Sound Advice is a handy guide to help homeowners maintain an environmentally safe home and garden. It also teaches homeowners how to avoid practices that pollute our streams and rivers and ultimately Long Island Sound. Note: Some of the contact numbers in Appendix A are outdated. download Sound_Advice. Continue Reading
Partners in Protecting the Sound
This fact sheet, available as a pdf download, describes highlights of LISS-funded projects and initiatives in 2009. Partners in Protecting the Sound 2009 Highlights Continue Reading
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Long Island’s Drinking Water – Challenges and Solutions
May 2012 — New video asks Long Islanders where they get their drinking water from, and explores the challenges of protecting a water supply for 2.8 million people. Continue Reading
- April 2012 — Butterfly Magnet
- March 2012 — Eying a Diamondback
- February 2012 — Long Beach West Restoration