The Fall-Winter 2025-2026 issue of Wrack Lines magazine invites readers to take a fresh look at the estuary that is the signature natural feature for our state. As the Long Island Sound Partnership celebrates 40 years, articles in the magazine explore plans to keep the momentum going, some of its special places, and how public perceptions have changed.
Coastal Habitats
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.”
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.
LIS teacher workshop offered at Hammonasset on Sept. 16
LIS Mentor Teachers Elizabeth Brown and Curt Hayes from the Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy will lead a “Deep Dive into Long Island Sound” workshop at Meigs Point at Hammonasset Beach State Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2025.
CTSG-supported artists inspired by flyway, LIS shellfish
A visual storyteller of natural history and an artist who paints Long Island Sound shellfish are recipients of the 2024 Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Award.
Issue features oyster videos, black sea bass, marshes & more
“Natural Effects: Tales of Our Dynamic Environment” is the theme for the Spring-Summer 2024 issue of Wrack Lines. Read about the project using GoPro cameras on oyster cages, research into the explosion of black sea bass in the Sound, three scientists studying CT salt marshes, and more.
Northern Woodlands magazine features CTSG forest project
The Winter 2023 issue of Northern Woodlands magazine features an article titled, “Planting for the Future at Hoffman Evergreen Preserve,” about the CT Sea Grant-Avalonia Land Trust project at the Stonington forest.
Sherwood Island Oysters featured in new aquaculture video
This week’s installment in the Connecticut Aquaculture Video Series focuses on Growing Oysters in Tidal Pond and features Jonathan Goldstein and the crew at Sherwood Island Oysters in Westport.
Book launch & author talk for beach and dune guide Nov. 29
The public is invited to a book launch and author talk on “Connecticut’s Sandy Shores: An Introduction to the Geology, Plants and Animals” at 4 p.m. on Nov. 29 in Room 103 of the Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Building at UConn Avery Point.
Article recounts coastal forest resiliency project
“Hoffman Evergreen Preserve: a forest for now and the future”, in Wrack Lines Magazine Vol. 22 No. 2