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NY Sea Grant Seeks Teachers to Become Long Island Sound Mentor Teachers
February 14, 2014 — NY Sea Grant is accepting applications for mentor teachers for this year’s Long Island Sound Mentor Teacher program in New York. Applications are due on March 3, 2014. Continue Reading
- 01.31.14 — Oyster Series at the Bruce Museum
- 01.13.14 — 20-Year Anniversary of the CCMP Issue
- 12.16.13 — Planning for Climate Change
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Alewife Monitoring Training Sessions in Long Island this March
February 18, 2014 — Upcoming Alewife Monitoring Training Sessions will teach volunteers how to conduct alewife monitoring in Long Island. Continue Reading
Alewife Monitoring Training Sessions in Long Island this March
Upcoming Alewife Monitoring Training Sessions will teach volunteers how to conduct alewife monitoring in Long Island. Continue Reading
20-Year Anniversary of the CCMP Issue
January 13, 2014 — The winter 2013-2014 issue of Sound Update focuses on the 20-year anniversary of LISS's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Continue Reading
Shinnecock Bay and Nitrogen Pollution
January 13, 2014 — Dr. K is asked by a 7th-grade student about nitrogen pollution in a Long Island bay. 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
2012 Eelgrass Survey
2013 — The US Fish and Wildlife Survey released its 2012 survey of eelgrass in eastern Long Island Sound in November 2013. Continue Reading
CCMP Framework Posted
2013 — Comments about the framework (draft Goals, Outcomes, Objectives, and Strategies) are welcomed. Continue Reading
- 2013 — MC Meeting Postponed
- 2013 — CT Listening Session Set for June 26
- 2013 — CCMP Mission
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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
Multimedia Gallery (Photos, Videos & Slideshows)
3D Ocean Farming
March 2014 — Meet Bren Smith, Long Island Sound's "3D" vertical ocean farmer. Continue Reading
- February 2014 — Pearls of Long Island Sound
- January 2014 — City Ducks
- December 2013 — New London Harbor, Connecticut
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Stewardship Success Stories & Videos
Diamondback Terrapin II at West Meadow Beach
Watch a diamondback terrapin dig its nest at West Meadow Beach in Stony Brook, NY. Continue Reading