406 pounds of trash uplifted along with volunteers’ spirits
For Amanda Kostalis of Wallingford, spending a Saturday morning extracting plastic cups, food wrappers and other garbage from the rocks along the New Haven shoreline is a kind of public service therapy. “I try to volunteer as much as I can,” she said. “It helps to combat those feelings of hopelessness.”
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Help yourself and the environment by curtailing plastic use
This op-ed article, published in Connecticut newspapers, announced the kickoff of the 2025 #DontTrashLISound campaign and focuses on reducing plastic use and new research about how plastics are getting into food.
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Survey shows most view LIS positively, but lack awareness
A survey of more than 3,700 CT and NY residents shows the majority view Long Island Sound as a major asset to the region’s quality of life and economy. The survey by CT Sea Grant on behalf of the Long Island Sound Partnership was conducted in 2024, 18 years after the first public perceptions survey.
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Two exhibits this fall to highlight CTSG-supported artists
Two exhibits this fall at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art will showcase projects by two Connecticut Sea Grant-supported photographer and videographer Tomas Koeck and artist-curator Richard Klein.
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Celebrate 40 years of Sound conservation at free family event
The Long Island Sound Partnership, along with partner organizations Connecticut Sea Grant, Project Oceanology, the Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve and others, invite the public to a family-friendly free event on Aug. 16 to celebrate 40 years of LIS conservation.
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Wrack Lines fall-winter issue receives 2nd national award
The Fall-Winter 2024-2025 issue of Wrack Lines has received an Award of Excellence in the 2025 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence contest. Announced in July, the award comes three months after the issue was selected for a Silver Award winner in the 2025 ACE Critique and Awards Program.
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LIS is muse for exhibit, musical work by CTSG-supported artists
Long Island Sound-inspired music, videos, sculptures, paintings and multi-genre visual art by more than a dozen artists will be showcased through the 2025 CT Sea Grant Arts Support Awards. The 18 artists are part of two projects chosen for the Arts Support Awards, a program offered annually since 2009.
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Article highlights living shorelines project in Stonington
The article “Living shorelines: Using nature to fight back coastal erosion,” in the July 13 edition of The Day highlights the work of Connecticut Sea Grant, the Avalonia Land Conservancy and other groups at the Dodge Paddock-Beal Preserve.
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Long Island Sound Blue Plan Update: feedback requested
Input is being sought on a survey on the Long Island Sound Blue Plan and Resource and Use Inventory. Even those who are not familiar with the plan and inventory are encouraged to complete the survey to help improve the Blue Plan and the data and information contained in the Inventory.
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EPA, state partners celebrate 40 years of action for LIS
Senior officials from the EPA, CT and NY, along with many partners, met on June 20 to celebrate 40 years of progress in restoring and protecting the Long Island Sound and announced a new plan that sets a 10-year roadmap to revitalize the Sound as an ecological, economic and recreational resource.
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