Miscellaneous Reports

Addressing GAO’s Recommendations: LISS Performance Reporting and Cost Estimating

November 8, 2019 — In 2018, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report titled Long Island Sound Restoration: Improved Reporting and Cost… Read More

Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Outreach Report

September 19, 2019 — The outreach was conducted in order to obtain and summarize feedback from local experts on the scoping reports that had been developed on climate change vulnerabilities for the EPA’s National Estuary Programs in the northeast. Read More

2017 Eelgrass Survey

March 27, 2019 — The US Fish and Wildlife Service, with the University of Rhode Island,  has released a report on a 2017 survey… Read More

2017 Eelgrass Survey

August 3, 2018 — Tier 1 2017 Mapping of Zostera marina in Long Island Sound and Change Analysis Read More

Nitrogen Strategy

February 8, 2016 — EPA is proposing a strategy  to aggressively continue progress on nitrogen reductions, in parallel with the States’ continued implementation of… Read More

Low Cost Retrofits for Nitrogen Removal

May 14, 2015 — Low Cost Retrofits for Nitrogen Removal at Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in the Upper Long Island Sound (LIS) Watershed study… Read More

A Monitoring Plan for Long Island Sound

March 6, 2015 — The monitoring plan was prepared in 1994 by the COAST Institute Marine Science Research Center for Tetratech, Inc. It was… Read More

Executive Summary of Long Island Sound: Prospects of the Urban Sea

March 21, 2014 — The Executive Summary of Long Island Sound: Prospects of the Urban Sea will provide you with an overview of key findings detailed in the book. Read More

2012 Eelgrass Survey

November 20, 2013 — The US Fish and Wildlife Survey released its 2012 survey of eelgrass in eastern Long Island Sound in November 2013. Read More

Gardening for a Cause Fact Sheet

May 14, 2013 —   Excessive nutrients and chemicals that result, in part form residential landscaping practices, contribute runoff that is harmful to the… Read More