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Reef Balls, Real Impact: Living Shoreline Project Restores the Thames River

December 17, 2025 — Along the banks of the Thames River in New London, lines of dome-shaped reef balls now shelter schools of fish,… Read More

Nancy Seligson Describes “The CAC Effect”

December 16, 2025 — Nancy Seligson Describes the "CAC Effect" Read More

Hypoxia in Long Island Sound Drops to Historic Low in 2025

December 4, 2025 — Long Island Sound reached a major milestone in water quality this year, with hypoxia, or low oxygen in bottom waters,… Read More

eelgrass off Fishers Island. The photo was taken by Cayla Sullivan

Mapping of Long Island Sound Finds Net Increase in Eelgrass Habitat

December 3, 2025 — The University of Rhode Island’s Environmental Data Center recently completed a major update of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) mapping for… Read More

NFWF Announces Nearly $12 Million in Grants from Long Island Sound Futures Fund

December 2, 2025 — CONTACT:Stephen Heverly, for National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), 301-485-4370, sheverly@thehatchergroup.comJohn Senn, US EPA Region 1 (New England), 857-329-2447, Senn.John@epa.govCarlos… Read More

Oysters – More than Just Good Eats

November 28, 2025 — Oysters do far more than end up on dinner plates. They clean the water, create habitat, and protect our shores,… Read More

From Busy Beach to Uninhabited Island, Expansive Marsh to Urban River

November 24, 2025 — Exploring four Long Island Sound Stewardship Areas, longing to see more. By Erica Casper In 2003, the Long Island Sound… Read More

Municipal officials leading the resilience project in the Mystic section of Groton are, left to right, Sabit Nasir, sustainability and resilience manager; Johathan Reiner, director of planning and development services; Alexis Torres, sustainability and resilience specialist; Geoff Foster, town engineer; and Dave Prescott, planner II/floodplain manager. They are standing at a public access area in a neighborhood that borders the Mystic and is susceptible to flooding.

Over $900K Awarded to Support Resilience Planning in 14 Long Island Sound Communities

November 7, 2025 — Media Contacts: Map showing the locations of the 14 projects awarded support through the second round of the LIS Resilience… Read More

2025 Work Plan

October 16, 2025 — Each year the Long Island Sound Partnership develops a work plan as part of the National Estuary Program. The work… Read More

Alewife during their spring spawning migration in the Bagaduce River, Maine. Credit: Tate Yoder/Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

2025 River Herring & American Eel Survey Goes Swimmingly Thanks to Dedicated Volunteers

August 19, 2025 — Every spring, Seatuck Environmental Association leads the River Herring & Eel Survey, a community science effort to monitor the seasonal… Read More

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