LIS Mentor Teachers Jill Levasseur and Nikki St. George from Bacon Academy in Colchester will lead a workshop focusing on marine pollution at Bluff Point State Park in Groton from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 12.
Long Island Sound
Radio show on kelp farming features CTSG’s Zach Gordon
The April 14 episode of the CT Public Radio show “Where We Live” featured Zachary Gordon, CT Sea Grant assistant extension educator, in a program titled, “From Sea to Table: the Power of Connecticut’s Kelp Industry.”
Input sought for Long Island Sound Blue Plan review
Feedback is being sought for a five-year review and update of the Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and the Long Island Sound Blue Plan.
“Sound Ideas for Clean Water” brochure now available
The CT and NY Sea Grant programs, together with the Long Island Sound Study and NEIWPCC, have created a new brochure about ways people can help improve the water quality of Long Island Sound by taking steps in their own homes and communities.
New StoryMap explores LIS watershed’s land, people
“Connections to Long Island Sound: Exploring the land and people in the Long Island Sound Watershed,” is a StoryMap created by UConn CLEAR in partnership with the Long Island Sound Study.
Almost 10,000 lbs. of trash cleaned from CT beaches in 2024
Data complied by Save the Sound from 75 cleanups along the Connecticut coastline, including several involving CT Sea Grant, shows that 9,975 pounds of trash was removed from beaches, roadways and parks in 2024, keeping it out of Long Island Sound.
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.
Taking a small step in a world awash in plastic
Trying to give up single-use plastics can seem like a fool’s errand, with nearly every imaginable product you can buy ensconced in plastic packaging. A few of us at CTSG decided to try anyway for a week last month, as part of the international Plastic-Free July initiative. This article, published in The Day and CT Hearst newspapers the week of Aug. 11, introduces the 8th annual #DontTrashLISound campaign that kicks off Aug. 17.
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.