www.longislandsoundstudy.net April/May 2007 e-newsletter of the Long Island Sound Study (LISS)Expand Your Comfort Zone
"Expand Your Comfort Zone," LISS’s Watershed and Municipal Assistance Conference, is intended to help municipalities in understanding the role of riparian buffers in watershed protection and the importance of incorporating environmental measures into local planning. The conference, on April 28 at the Marriot Merritt Parkway Hotel in Trumbull, CT, will include case studies and available tools for watershed management, riparian buffer protection, stormwater control, and open space protection at the community level. Municipal, state, and other community stakeholders involved in watershed management in the Long Island Sound watershed are encouraged to attend. Register and read the agenda at LISS’s web site. | |  |
| Workshop Targets Research “Synthesis” Report
The Long Island Sound Study is planning to publish a synthesis report that brings together in one volume the most important scientific research and management initiatives affecting the Sound. The development of this report starts with a technical workshop to be held May 14-16 in Port Jefferson, NY. Scientists have been invited to make presentations on topics ranging from the oceanographic to the ecological condition of Long Island Sound. The participants will discuss how our current understanding of these topics can be used to develop an ecosystem based management strategy for Long Island Sound. The workshop is being organized by LISS’s Science and Technical Advisory Committee. Funding for the workshop has been provided by the Connecticut Sea Grant program in conjunction with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s Long Island Sound Office. The synthesis volume is expected to be published by early next year. Contact Corey Garza, at (203) 882-6505, for more information. |
| CT Goes for the Bold
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New England regional office and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) are offering an open house of EPA’s Ocean Survey Vessel Bold on Sunday May 27 at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London. The OSV Bold is a converted U.S. Navy 224-foot ocean surveillance ship that is specifically designed to help EPA conduct water sampling and perform data analysis. | |
The OSV Bold | | The ship is used to monitor and assess the health of our coastal and ocean waters, and is outfitted with state-of-the art equipment used to collect water and sediment samples. It also has onboard laboratories. Ocean scientists and CTDEP staff will be taking students out on a cruise into Long Island Sound in the morning. The ship will then be docked again at Pier 7 and open to the general public from 1 to 4 p.m. See the Bold for more information about the vessel. |
| Land Trust to Receive National Restoration Award
The Branford Land Trust will be receiving a Partnership Award on May 7 from Coastal America for an outstanding team effort to build and install a fishway at Supply Ponds along the Queach Brook in Branford, CT. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at the fishway off of Short Rocks Road (or, in case or bad weather, at the Willoughby Wallace Library, 146 Thimble Islands Road). Several local, state, and federal agencies, community organizations, and environmental groups pooled funds and technical resources to build the fish passage that allows alewives to spawn four miles upstream. Call Tom Cleveland at (203) 488-3644 for more info. | |  | |
| Around the Sound
• Green Conference: Regional Plan Association's 17th Annual Regional Assembly, “A Bright and Green Future: Climate Change, Energy and Growth in the Tri-State Metropolitan Region” will be held May 4th at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The conference will include workshops on Sustaining Water Resources as the Climate Changes, Market Based Approaches to Carbon Reduction, and Building Green Communities. See RPA for more info.
• Westchester County Bioblitz: Bedford Audubon is conducting a program of invasive species identification called a BioBlitz, in Westchester County from June 1-3. They are looking for volunteers to identify terrestrial and aquatic species at six properties. Call Brian Bielfelt at 914-232-1999 for more info.
• Stream flow: Some New England streams in 2006 experienced the highest annual stream flows since 1930. Learn more about stream flows in New England and other areas of the country in the U.S. Geological Survey’s summary of seasonal, regional, and national stream flow conditions. |
| New LISS Staff Member
Louise Harrison is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program’s new liaison to the Long Island Sound Study. Harrison brings valuable experience and expertise to the position having previously worked for conservation organizations at the private, local, municipal, state, and Federal levels. This experience included Executive Director of Friends of the Bay, Coastal Resources Specialist for the NY Department of State, and Principal Environmental Analyst for the Suffolk County Office of Ecology. Harrison replaced Jane MacLellan as Liaison in March, and will tackle a variety of activities associated with the Habitat Restoration Initiative, the Stewardship Initiative, invasive species, and other living marine resource issues. |
| Wetlands and “Alien Invaders”
May is American Wetlands Month. For its Web site, The Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA), one of the oldest conservation organizations in the U.S., is drawing attention to the damage inflicted on wetlands by invasive species. See Alien Invaders: Invasive Species and Wetlands. |
| Water Fact
Replacing a pre-1994 toilet with a new high-efficiency model can reduce water used for toilets by at least 60% and save about 14% of total indoor water use. Savings for a typical household would be more than 10,000 gallons per year, enough to fill a backyard swimming pool. Source: EPA.  Back to top
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