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Map showing the six states and Canada that are part of the Long Island Sound watershed. Nearly 9 million people live in the watershed.

From Your Backyard to Long Island Sound

March 30, 2026 — What is a Watershed? A watershed is the area of the land where all the water (from rainfall, snowmelt, rivers… Read More

New Science Communicator Brings Skills of a Story Teller to Her Position

March 24, 2026 — Long Island Sound Partnership’s new science communicator, Quinn Burkhart, says that she will be focusing on scientific storytelling for the… Read More

Volunteer Newsletter April 2026

March 23, 2026 — Spring is finally here, and with it comes more chances to get outside and help Long Island Sound. Read the… Read More

Long Island Sound Futures Fund at Work: Improving Bluff Point State Park and Coastal Reserve

March 5, 2026 — At Bluff Point, visitors – more than 500,000 each year! – come to walk the trails, weave though wooded coastal… Read More

logo of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

The Long Island Sound Futures Fund 2026 Request for Proposals is Now Open

March 4, 2026 — Proposal Labs remain available through April. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in cooperation with the Long Island Sound… Read More

Two Additional CT Shoreline Communities Awarded Funding for Resilience Planning

March 3, 2026 — Contact: Judy Benson, communications coordinator, Connecticut Sea Grant, judy.benson@uconn.edu March 3, 2026 – Two additional CT shoreline communities awarded funding… Read More

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

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