LIS resilience planning support grants available
The Long Island Sound (LIS) Resilience Planning Support Program is now OPEN! Deadline to apply is February 7, 2025. Up to $1 million will be available. To learn more, see the Request for Expressions of Interest.
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15 LIS communities receive resilience planning support funding
Thanks to a new bi-state program, 15 coastal communities in the Long Island Sound region have been awarded nearly $1.1 million in planning support to advance climate resilience-focused projects.
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Long Island Sound Resilience Assistance Programs
The Long Island Sound Study sustainable and resilient communities extension professionals have established two assistance programs–the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program and the Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program.
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3rd Annual Sustainable & Resilient Communities Workshop
Recordings and workshop materials for the 3rd Annual Sustainable And Resilient Communities Workshop Dec. 10-11, 2024, can be found at: https://www.lisresilience.org/annual-workshop/.
[Read More]Public input sought on draft management plan for LIS
The Long Island Sound Study’s draft 2025 Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan will be available for review and public comment from September 23–November 22, 2024.
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“Steps to Resilience” workshops video available
CT Sea Grant and partner organizations hosted free virtual workshops on resilience fundamentals related to our region in September. A video of the workshops is now available.
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Sustainable CT offers trainings, events
Sustainable CT hosts programs on a variety of topics related to local sustainability, including grants, equity and public spaces.
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Strategies, ideas shared at well-attended funding workshops
Two Sustainable and Resilient Communities Regional Funding Workshops took place in March 2024, one in Groton in Eastern CT and the second in Bridgeport in Western CT. The workshops attracted 86 attendees representing a diverse range of stakeholders.
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Long Island Sound Study unveils LIS Resilience Resource Hub website
In partnership with Connecticut Sea Grant and New York Sea Grant, the Long Island Sound Study is excited to announce the official launch of the Long Island Sound (LIS) Resilience Resource Hub website.
[Read More]Recording of 2nd Annual Bi-State SRC Workshop available
The second Annual Bi-State Sustainable and Resilient Communities Workshop took place on Dec. 7, 2023.
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CTSG expert offers insight into resilience
WSHU radio recently interviewed Deborah Abibou, CT Sea Grant assistant extension educator for sustainable and resilient communities, as part of its new Sound Science series.
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Discovering the joys of fishing & shaping a waterfront park
On a sunny Saturday morning the Bridgeport community gathered at Knowlton Park for a “Let’s Go Fishing!” event on Aug. 19. Residents of all ages angled into the art of fishing as part of a unique initiative to activate the waterfront and gather insights for the future “Sliver by the River” community waterfront park.
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Deborah Abibou and Sarah Schechter are sustainable and resilient community extension educators for Connecticut Sea Grant and the EPA's Long Island Sound Study, working in collaboration with three colleagues based at New York Sea Grant.
Abibou works in the western half of the state, from Greenwich to Branford and inland. She is based at the New Haven County UConn Extension Center office in North Haven.
Schechter works in the eastern half of the state, from Guilford to Stonington and inland and is based at the Connecticut Sea Grant office at the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton.
Read more about the sustainable and resilient community extension educators:
- https://seagrant.uconn.edu/?p=8743
- Learn how the LISS Sustainable and Resilient Communities Theme contributes to increasing human appreciation and use of the Long Island Sound.
- See how the LISS Sustainable and Resilient Communities Work Group is helping to advance progress on these issues.
