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Seaweed Farming in Connecticut and New York Takes Off

February 24, 2020 — Growing sugar kelp is being tested in three pilot projects to find out if seaweed can be cultivated in Long Island Sound and other regional waters to improve water quality. Read More

Save the Sound and NYS Parks Complete Transformational Project at Sunken Meadow State Park

February 24, 2020 — Save the Sound and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NYS Parks) have completed the final phase of improvements designed to restore and protect 135 acres of salt marsh in Sunken Meadow State Park. Read More

Sound Bytes Winter 2020

February 22, 2020 — Read the Winter 2020 issue of Sound Bytes. Download the Winter 2020 issue as a PDF here. Read More

Registration Now Open for Spring Workshop on Creating Successful Behavior Change Campaigns

February 21, 2020 — The April 28-29th workshop to learn how to develop effective environmental campaigns using Community-Based Social Marketing techniques was postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Long Island Sound Study is looking forward to rescheduling the event soon. Read More

Tracking Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Long Island Sound – A Story Map

February 17, 2020 — Throughout most of the year wind and tidal mixing bring much needed dissolved oxygen to the Sound’s bottom waters. However,… Read More

Upland Farm Sanctuary Wastewater Wetland

February 10, 2020 — Building a Wetland to Capture Nitrogen and Improve Water Quality A nitrogen-reducing wetland has replaced decades-old cesspools at the office… Read More

Judy Preston, the Long Island Sound Study Outreach Coordinator, is talking into a microphone at the iCRV internet radio station.

Gardening for Good Premiers

February 7, 2020 — iCRV internet radio owner Dave Williams introduces LISS Outreach Coordinator Judy Preston as the host for the station’s new Gardening… Read More

The Sidewalk Gardens That are Making Water Cleaner in New Haven

November 20, 2019 — It looks like a flowerbed with attractive iron post fencing, but these 15- by 5-foot “bioswales” that are popping up… Read More

The Sparrow That Acts as an Early Warning Signal

November 20, 2019 — The saltmarsh sparrow faces many threats to its survival. Development along the coast has replaced much of its tidal habitat.… Read More

Creating Living Shorelines

November 20, 2019 — They look like strange objects from another planet. But the dome-shaped structures that were placed in the muddy waters off… Read More

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