Committees and Work Groups/Meetings and Events
Long Island Sound Study’s committees and work groups help to implement the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Long Island Sound. Together they represent the Long Island Sound Study Management Conference, a partnership of federal, state, interstate, and local agencies, universities, environmental groups, industry, and the public. The Management Conference was convened in March 1988 following the Congressional designation of Long Island Sound as an Estuary of National Significance at the requests of Connecticut and New York.
See Meetings & Events for announcements of upcoming committee meetings for MC, STAC, CAC, and HRSWG.
Committees
Policy Committee
The Policy Committee has overall responsibility for LISS, including approval of goals and the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Learn More
Executive Steering committee
The Executive Steering Committee provides upper-level management engagement in the LISS process and provides direction to the Management Committee on LISS programs and budgets. Learn More
Management Committee (MC)
The Management Committee develops goals, approves work plans, and plans and oversees projects. Learn More
Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC)
The Citizens Advisory Committee communicates citizen concerns about the Sound and the Study to the management committee, provide advice on public education activities, and build a constituency to support the implementation of the Management Plan. Learn More
Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)
The Science and Technical Advisory Committee advises the Management Committee on the science and technical aspects of LISS’s goals. Learn More
Work Groups
Communications, Outreach, and Engagement Work Group
(Formerly Public Involvement and Education)
The Public Involvement and Education Work Group (PIE) was transformed and renamed to the Communications, Outreach, and Engagement Work Group (COE) in March 2023. This new work group aims to encourage deeper and wider collaboration across all of the Sound’s communities in support of the Long Island Sound Study’s mission to conserve, restore, and sustain the Sound and its magnificent aquatic and shoreline resources. Learn More
Habitat Restoration and Stewardship Work Group (HRSWG)
The Habitat Restoration and Stewardship Work Group is responsible for promoting the conservation, restoration, management, and appreciation of LISS’s priority coastal habitats, wildlife, and Stewardship Areas through an improved understanding of current threats and conservation priorities. Learn More
Nitrogen Coordination Work Group
The Nitrogen Coordination Work Group is an opportunity for staff from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation with support from LISS partners to coordinate ongoing nitrogen reduction efforts in the Long Island Sound Study area. Learn More
Stewardship Work Group (inactive)
The Stewardship Work Group has been combined with the Habitat Restoration Work Group. Learn More
Sustainable and REsilient Communities Work Group
The Sustainable and Resilient Communities Work Group (SRC) helps to advance progress on select objectives and implementation actions of the Sustainable and Resilient Communities theme in the LISS Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Learn More
Water Quality Monitoring Work Group
The Water Quality Monitoring Work Group facilitates the improved collection, coordination, management, and interpretation of water quality data for the Long Island Sound Study. This will encompass both open and near-shore water quality data needs. Learn More
Watersheds and Embayments Work Group
The Watershed and Embayments Work Group assists the Long Island Sound Study Management Conference in effectively implementing the nonpoint source mitigation actions in the watershed and embayments as outlined in the LISS Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Learn More
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