That means…If you live, work, or play in the Long Island Sound region, this plan could affect on-the-ground projects near you. If there are environmental challenges in your life and community that you want to make sure are addressed, let us know! This is YOUR opportunity to help steer conservation funding decisions for the next 10 years.
The Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) is a document that outlines goals and steps to restore and maintain the health of Long Island Sound and its watershed (the lands and waterways that drain into the Sound). It addresses areas such as water quality, habitat and wildlife conservation, coastal resiliency, and environmental engagement and education. Multiple levels of government, academic scientists, local organizations, and regional decision makers use the plan to identify and carry out projects needed to advance these conservation areas. The CCMP was last revised in 2015 and is being revised again RIGHT NOW.
Clean Waters and Healthy Watersheds
Thriving Habitats and Abundant Wildlife
Sustainable and Resilient Communities
Informed and Engaged Public
Long Island Sound Study (LISS) uses the plan to guide its conservation work around Long Island Sound.
Formed in 1985, LISS is a partnership dedicated to restoring and caring for the Sound and its watershed. Many organizations collaborate in the partnership, including federal agencies like the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), state agencies such as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), as well as scientists, educators, and concerned organizations and individuals. Learn more about the LISS partnership here.
Here is some of what we’ve heard so far*:
The CCMP revision process is collaborative and will include public meetings where you can help shape what the plan will look like. Public meetings will take place in Spring 2024 and will be hybrid (with attendance possible both in person and virtually). Join us at those meetings to hear our plans so far and tell us what is important to you! And in Fall 2024, come see the completed draft plan and provide feedback at one of our public information sessions.
You can also send us your comments anytime by emailing [email protected] or by submitting a comment at the bottom of this page (or on the right hand column if you are not on mobile). Ideally, please send in your comments by spring or summer!
Develop ways to measure conservation progress
Host Public Engagement Sessions
Develop actions needed to achieve progress
Host Public Information Sessions and Public Comment Period
Finish CCMP
What’s important to you about Long Island Sound? We want to hear what you think of the Sound and how to make it better. Your comments will help us in the drafting of the revised Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, a management plan used by a wide range of local, state, and federal partners to restore and care for the Sound. Let us know your thoughts below!
The Long Island Sound Study is revising its Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, or CCMP. During the next year you will have the opportunity to provide us with feedback on the plan to restore and care for the Sound. Subscribe to the CCMP Revision Update so you can be notified of upcoming dates for public sessions in the spring and fall and to receive the latest information about the plan published on the LISS website.
The public is invited to attend an in-person or virtual public engagement session in May to learn about the CCMP and to provide input on the CCMP revision process.
For the in-person sessions, attendees are requested, but not required, to RSVP. Registration for in-person sessions is being coordinated by the Eastern Research Group on contract to EPA. More information about the public engagement sessions is available in the media center