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Climate Change
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.
CTSG arts program awardees release album of compositions
“Harmony of Nature II: Waves,” an album of original compositions by our 2023 Arts Support Award collaborators Molly James, Hea Youn “Sophy” Chung and Max Lu, is now available on streaming platforms including Apple Music and Spotify.
Major research investment focuses on key aspects of LIS ecosystem
In the largest Long Island Sound research award in the history of the collaboration between CTSG, NYSG and the Long Island Sound Study, 13 projects have been selected that will improve understanding of factors impacting several fish species, shellfish, water quality and restoration of salt marshes.
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.
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/.
Special issue of Wrack Lines features youth voices
Six youth writers who received the Wrack Lines scholarships shared their reflections and insights about nature and climate change in the Fall-Winter 2024-2025 issue of our biannual magazine.
Two CTSG-CLEAR webinars planned for Climate Week
As part of statewide Climate Week events Sept. 22-28, Connecticut Sea Grant and the UConn Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) will host two free webinars for the public, “Rebuild by Design’s Atlas of Accountability,” and “UConn Climate Corps: Climate Adaptation Projects in Communities.”
Project to boost preparedness of residents of 3 cities
Aging residents of underserved groups in Stamford, West Haven and New London will be better equipped to recover from the effects of severe weather events that cause flooding, power outages and other impacts to their communities, thanks to a project led by CTSG and UConn Extension.
Barrett featured on radio show on 2024 hurricane season
WNPR’s “Where We Live” program on June 11 featured CT Sea Grant Coastal Habitat Specialist and Extension Educator Emerita Juliana Barrett talking about the 2024 hurricane season and preparedness.