Sound Facts

A collection of facts about the health of Long Island Sound and its diverse habitat and wildlife. Click each fact to learn more.

An illustration of three dogs with a teal background and white lettering. A brown hand reaches down and picks up a green abg filled wiht poop.
An illustration of someone fertilizing their lawn, and the fertilizer polluting nearby water and killing fish.
eelgrass Sound Fact graphic. It says that eelgrass forms underwater underwater meadows where scallops, crabs, and fish live, grow and feed. graphic by Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
Graphic showing the top 10 litter items in Long Island Sound as collected by volunteers in New York and Connecticut. Number 1 is cigarette butts, followed by food wrappers, plastic caps, metal caps, non grocery plastic bags, plastic bags, straws and stirrers, beverage cans, glass bottles, and plastic and foam packaging

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