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Sound Matters Winter/Spring 2025

March 24, 2025 — Read the 2025 Winter/Spring issue of Sound Matters, the Long Island Sound Study newsletter. This newsletter highlights transition and change within the… Read More

Mark Tedesco

After 35 Years Dedicated to Long Island Sound, Mark Tedesco Retires as Director of EPA LIS Office

March 21, 2025 — On November 1, 2024, I announced that after 38 years with EPA, 35 of which were dedicated to Long Island… Read More

A New Decade of Conservation and Management in Long Island Sound

March 21, 2025 — The Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan is the blueprint for federal, state, and local governments, research universities,… Read More

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Student Symposium Helps Nurture Budding Marine Scientists

March 21, 2025 — Posters filled with graphs, charts and images interspersed with text told stories of locally significant marine science topics: impacts of… Read More

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New Sustainable and Resilient Communities Extension Professional Joins Team Expanding Outreach to the Bronx and Queens

March 21, 2025 — In January, the Sustainable and Resilient Communities Team welcomed its sixth extension professional, Benjamin Goldberg, who will assist communities in… Read More

Flowering Underwater Seagrass

March 3, 2025 — In the shallow waters of eastern Long Island Sound, you’ll find meadows of eelgrass—long, bright green ribbon-like strands that sway… Read More

Long Island Sound Study to Host Public Meetings on Stewardship Strategy

January 23, 2025 — The Long Island Sound Study will host a series of public meetings to discuss and finalize the Stewardship Strategy. The… Read More

New Population and Demographic Story Map Explores the Long Island Sound Watershed

January 15, 2025 — This story map, created by UConn CLEAR in partnership with the Long Island Sound Study, explores the land and people… Read More

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Waste Not, Want Not: Connecticut Farm Gets New Manure Storage Facility

January 10, 2025 — Nutrient Management Practices are Spreading Across Connecticut Improving Water Quality in Long Island Sound Tucked away in the foothills of… Read More

eelgrass photo courtesy of Cornell Cooperative extension.

Funding Available for Long Island Sound Eelgrass Restoration Program

January 2, 2025 — NEIWPCC, in cooperation with the Long Island Sound Study and its partners, is inviting proposals to develop and initiate a long-term… Read More

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