March 21, 2025 After 35 Years Dedicated to Long Island Sound, Mark Tedesco Retires as Director of EPA LIS Office On November 1, 2024, I announced that after 38 years with EPA, 35 of which were dedicated to Long Island… Read More By Anya Grondalski
February 15, 2024 Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place In this blog post, Madeline Kollegger, a PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut, talks about innovative research to protect… Read More By Madeline Kolleger
June 7, 2023 Out on the water measuring the health of the Sound’s bays and harbors Charlotte Burger, a New York Sea Grant intern for the Long Island Sound Study describes her day on a boat learning how the Unified Water Study samples the health of the Sound's bays and harbor. Read More By Charlotte Burger
May 27, 2022 Coastal Marsh Birds Live Life on the Edge, but Now Face Threat of Sea Level Rise “As long as their eggs don’t move out of the nest during flooding and chicks don’t drown, the nest can… Read More By Sam Apgar
August 13, 2021 From Canoeing to Communications: A College Intern Tests the Waters in the Environmental Field Every person, every place, and everything has a story to tell, should you look closely enough. Read More By Cheyenne Ellis
April 20, 2020 Recognizing Environmental Anniversaries and Accomplishments EPA's Long Island Sound Office Director Mark Tedesco Reflects on 50 Years of EPA and Earth Day, and 35 Years of the Long Island Sound Study. Read More By Robert Burg
December 9, 2019 A Chilly Day On the Sound It’s 4.a.m. The alarm sounds. AWW-UU-GAAA. AWWW-UUU-GAAA. Pitch black. I rush quickly out of bed to shut off my annoying… Read More By Robert Burg
November 20, 2019 Remembering the Great Hurricane of 1938 Could a hurricane make landfall and do serious harm to the Long Island Sound coast and the rest of New… Read More By Robert Burg