Miscellaneous Reports
Sound Advice
February 6, 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 Note: Some of the contact numbers in Appendix A are outdated. Continue Reading
Long Island Sound Study Action Agenda
September 9, 2011 — On Sept. 6, 2011, at the last of the Sound Vision events sponsored by Save the Sound, the Long Island Sound Study announced its Action Agenda: 2011-2013. Periodically, LISS has developed agreements to guide and prioritize implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan – such agreements were developed in 1996, 2003, and 2006. The [...] Continue Reading
2011 Work Plan
July 11, 2011 — Each year the Long Island Sound Study develops a Work Plan that outlines the work being done with EPA funds to help achieve the goals of the Study’s Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The 2011 Work Plan describes LISS activities planned with 2011 federal funding for Oct. 1, 2011-Sept. 30, 2012. It also highlights projects [...] Continue Reading
2009 CCMP Implementation Tracking Report
September 17, 2010 — This report summarizes the continuing work of the LISS Management Conference partners in carrying out the Comprehensive Conservation and Managment Plan. Continue Reading
2009 Eelgrass Survey
July 10, 2010 — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completed its report of a 2009 survey of eelgrass beds in eastern Connecticut and the North Fork of Long Island. Continue Reading
2010 Work Plan
June 23, 2009 — The 2010 Work Plan describes the LISS activities planned with 2010 federal funding for Oct. 1, 2010-Sept. 30, 2011 and highlights the accomplishments of projects from Oct. 1, 2009-Sept. 30, 2010 funded with 2009 federal fiscal funds. . To view the work plan, download the pdf document Continue Reading
2008 CCMP Implementation Tracking Report
December 31, 2008 — This report summarizes the continuing work of the LISS Management Conference partners in carrying out the CCMP. The LISS Management Conference is sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and the state of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP). The report may be [...] Continue Reading
Sound Health 2008 Environmental Indicators
December 12, 2008 — What are Environmental Indicators? What is DPSIR? Environmental indicators provide quantitative information on ecological resources, including the state of specific environmental conditions, good or bad. There are several methods to categorize and analyze types of indicators. For Sound Health, each indicator will be classified as a Driver, Pressure, State, Impact, or Response under the “DPSIR” [...] Continue Reading
2007 CCMP Implemenation Tracking Report
December 31, 2007 — This report summarizes the continuing work of the LISS Management Conference partners in carrying out the CCMP. The LISS Management Conference is sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and the state of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP). The report may be [...] Continue Reading
2006 CCMP Implementation Tracking Report
December 31, 2006 — This report summarizes the continuing work of the LISS Management Conference partners in carrying out the CCMP. The LISS Management Conference is sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and the state of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP). The report may be [...] Continue Reading