New York
Recipient: American Littoral Society-Northeast Chapter Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $6,000 Matching Funds: $150,000 Total Project Costs: $156,000 Project Area: Beaches Suffolk, Nassau and Westchester Counties, New York
The American Littoral Society will coordinate the 2008 International Coastal Cleanup at 231 miles of beaches on the Long Island Sound involving 2,500 volunteers with data compiled for 75 sites to develop strategies for combating marine pollution and to educate the public about floatable pollution and prevention.
Recipient: Three Village Community Trust Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $6,000 Matching Funds: $8,900 Total Project Costs: $14,900 Project Area: West Meadow Beach, Town of Brookhaven, New York
The Three Village Community Trust will produce an interactive theatrical event for 200 people involving 20-50 children illustrating the effects of floatable debris such as litter on marine life as part of a community Harbor Day.
Recipient: Alley Pond Environmental Center Long Island Sound Futures Fund:$5,000 Matching Funds: $8,059 Total Project Costs: $13,059 Project Area: Douglaston, New York
The Alley Pond Environmental Center will present a National Estuaries Day event focused on the Long Island Sound involving 31 community organizations and attracting 550 participants, prepare a booklet about the Little Neck Bay and provide classroom estuary lessons for 4th grade students at 9 schools.
Recipient: Long Island Seaport and Eco Center Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $5,000 Matching Funds: $5,050 Total Project Costs: $10,050 Project Area: Port Jefferson, New York
The Long Island Seaport and Eco Center will hold its 4th Annual Family Day involving 25 organizations attracting 800 celebrants to National Estuaries Day and implement 10 programs for schools, libraries and community groups about the ecology and water quality of the Sound.
Recipient: Friends of the Bay, Inc. Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $6,000 Matching Funds: $88,000 Total Project Costs: $94,000 Project Area: Town of Oyster Bay, New York
Friends of the Bay will conduct a full season of water quality monitoring with 20 volunteers to pinpoint hotspots and then provide information to government to inform management of shellfish harvesting, swimming and other water-based activities.
Recipient: Coastal Steward Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $6,000 Matching Funds: $14,800 Total Project Costs: $20,800 Project Area: Port Jefferson, New York
The Coastal Steward will coordinate cleanup of 2.86 miles of beach aiming to remove 50 tons of debris involving 200 volunteers and then educating the public about the types and impact of floatable pollution on the Long Island Sound.
Connecticut
Recipient: Mianus River Watershed Council Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $6,000 Matching Funds: $5,720 Total Project Costs: $11,720 Project Area: Greenwich, Connecticut
The Mianus River Watershed Council will install an underwater video system in the Mainus Pond Fishway to track the river herring run and other 4 other fish species using the fishway and to increase public appreciation of this special resource.
Recipient: Town of Greenwich Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $2,000 Matching Funds: $1,500 Total Project Costs: $3,500 Project Area: Greenwich, Connecticut
The Town of Greenwich will conduct snorkeling surveys at the base of 4 dams to verify the presence of juvenile eels. Once eel concentration points are identified these will be sites to create areas for passage of the species.
Recipient: Eastern Connecticut Resource Conservation District (for the Thames River Basin Partnership) Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $6,000 Matching Funds: $18,600 Total Project Costs: $24,600 Project Area: Thames River at Groton, Connecticut
The Thames River Basin Partnership will host a Floating Workshop for municipal officials from 48 communities to educate them about polluted runoff from inland sources along the Thames River on the Long Island Sound and to engage them in water quality projects in their communities.
Recipient: Mitchell College Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $5,000 Matching Funds: $5,000 Total Project Costs: $10,000 Project Area: New London, Connecticut
Mitchell College will remove invasive plants, reduce erosion from foot traffic and restore 600 feet of dune with American Beachgrass using this restoration to educate the public about Long Island Sound habitats.
Recipient: Document Video Services, LLC Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $3,000 Matching Funds: $0 Total Project Costs: $3,000 Project Area: Branford, Guilford, Easton, Meriden, Connecticut
Document Video Services will duplicate 3 videos created to teach Connecticut residents to protect the Long Island Sound.
Recipient: Solar Youth, Inc. Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $6,000 Matching Funds: $2,000 Total Project Costs: $8,000 Project Area: New Haven, Connecticut
Solar Youth will involve 10 low income youth in hands-on learning and projects about the natural resources of the Long Island Sound with the aim of creating conservation ambassadors in communities.
Recipient: Sea Research Foundation, Inc. Long Island Sound Futures Fund: $6,000 Matching Funds: $3,765 Total Project Costs: $9,765 Project Area: Mystic, Connecticut
The Sea Research Foundation will host a National Estuary Day celebration attracting 2,700 visitors focusing on increasing public awareness about the threats facing Long Island Sound and the abundance of its natural resources with a goal of increasing community connections with the Sound.
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