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Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program

Connecticut Sea Grant, through its Arts Support Awards Program, will award up to $1000 to an artist or group of artists. The winning submission will be selected on the basis of aesthetic quality, relevance to coastal and marine environments and Connecticut Sea Grant themes, as well as its potential impact on the wider public and new audiences.

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Associate Director Nancy Balcom receives national award

Connecticut Sea Grant Associate Director Nancy Balcom received the William Q. Wick Visionary Career Leadership Award from the Sea Grant Extension Assembly, given “in recognition of outstanding career achievement, leadership, vision and contribution to Sea Grant Extension through administration.”

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UConn Marine Sciences students Hanna Roby, left, Vicky You, center and Kaitlyn Tripp look for juvenile flounder in a seine net pulled through Mumford Cove in Groton in August.

CT, NY Sea Grant funded flounder research makes news

Two CT media outlets featured a current research project titled “Bottoming Out? Testing Hypothesis on Why Long Island Sound Flatfishes Are Disappearing,” funded as part of the 2025-2027 collaborative between the CT and NY Sea Grant programs and the EPA’s Long Island Sound Partnership.

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Alexa Madria of Brooklyn, New York, was one of five book club members who volunteered at the cleanup.

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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Beachgoers enjoy Eastern Point Beach in Groton on Long Island Sound on a summer day.

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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Flier for Aug. 16, 2025 Long Island Sound Celebration free event at UConn Avery Point with list of activities and sponsors.

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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