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#DontTrashLISound – 11 (Summer 2019)

August 20, 2019 — Long Island Sound communities are doing their share to fix the plastic waste problem on our beaches and #LISound. One… Read More

2019 Work Plan

August 19, 2019 — Each year the Long Island Sound Study develops a Work Plan as part of the National Estuary Program that outlines… Read More

#DontTrashLISound – 10 (Summer 2019)

August 19, 2019 — Each September and October volunteers comb #LISound beaches for trash. What do they find? Mostly plastic. Seven out of the… Read More

#DontTrashLISound – 9 (Summer 2019)

August 15, 2019 — In April, Long Beach, a community on Long Island’s South Shore, approved a resolution to ban the release of balloons.… Read More

#DontTrashLISound – 8 (Summer 2019)

August 14, 2019 — According to an article in Yale University’s e360 online magazine, some of the most dangerous items seabirds eat are balloons… Read More

#DontTrashLISound – 7 (Summer 2019)

August 13, 2019 — This April, environmentalists from Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ and NJDFW rescued an American Oystercatcher entangled in a fishing line… Read More

#DontTrashLISound – 6 (Summer 2019)

August 12, 2019 — This summer we are distributing thousands of #ProtectOurWildlife stickers in communities across #LISound through environmental groups and municipalities. Our first… Read More

NYSDEC Environmental Conservation Officer Rescues Two Ospreys Entangled in Fishing Line

August 10, 2019 — NYSDEC recommends fishermen discard old fishing line in the trash so birds do not become easily entangled. Read More

35 Volunteers Help Kick Off Campaign with Beach Cleanup

August 10, 2019 — They collected 100 pounds of of litter – everything from deflated Mylar balloons and monofilament fishing line to plastic bottles, Styrofoam cups, straws, cigarette butts and lots of bottle caps. Read More

#DontTrashLISound – 5 (Summer 2019)

August 9, 2019 — Avoiding single-use plastics is catching on all over the globe. In 2018, the UK’s Collins Dictionary picked “single-use” as its… Read More

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