Fact sheet addresses nitrogen pollution & Long Island Sound

“A Healthier Long Island Sound: Nitrogen Pollution” a four-page fact sheet published by the Long Island Sound Study and written by Judy Preston, Connecticut Sea Grant’s Long Island Sound outreach coordinator.

The pdf can be downloaded here.

An accessible version of the pdf can be downloaded here.

The fact sheet explains the sources and impacts of excess nitrogen in the Sound, the plan to address the problem, progress to date and the extent of hypoxia in the estuary over the last 25 years.