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Saving the Bird Homestead in Rye

January 9, 2013 — Protecting the Bird Homestead along the tidal portion of Blind Brook in Rye will help to ensure the protection of one of Long Island Sound’s inaugural Stewardship areas, the Edith Read-Marshlands Stewardship Area in Rye. Read More

Proposals Sought for Tool to Measure Nitrogen Reductions

January 8, 2013 — Applicants are being asked to submit proposals to evaluate and recommend a nonpoint source pollution and stormwater tracking tool for the Long Island Sound watershed. Read More

Connecticut’s Largest “WMA” Gets Bigger

January 2, 2013 — A series of acquisitions has helped the Barn Island Wildlife Management Area become the state's largest, most diverse, and ecologically significant coastal wildlife management area. Read More

A View from the Bridge

January 1, 2013 — Students from Hauppauge High School on the footbridge that stretches over Sunken Meadow Creek. Read More

West Meadow Plan to Remove Invasive

December 19, 2012 — The West Meadow Beach peninsula located in Stony Brook, NY is one of the largest and most diverse coastal ecosystems on the north shore of Long Island. In 2006, an ecological resources survey was conducted that resulted in the identification of perennial pepperweed (Lapidium latifolium) growing at the site. Read More

Invasive Plant Removed in Mill Pond

December 19, 2012 — An initial infestation of water chestnut that once covered approximately three quarters of Mill Pond has now been reduced to a few plants along the shore and throughout the pond thanks to the efforts of US Fish and Wildlife, Friends of the Bay, The Nature Conservancy, North Shore Land Alliance, The Town of Oyster Bay, Huntington/Oyster Bay Audubon Society, local neighbors, and many volunteers. Read More

Long Island Sound partnership to Investigate Climate-Related Risks to Natural Resources

December 14, 2012 — New Climate Change Initiative Announced: The lisp-funded project investigates climate change impacts on key wildlife and ecosystem resources in Long Island Sound. Read More

Hypoxia and Smithtown Bay

December 12, 2012 — To get the blog going, we asked Larissa Graham, Long Island Sound partnership Outreach Coordinator and an educator with New York Sea Grant, to submit the first question. Read More

Hurricane Sandy Assessment

December 1, 2012 — A Connecticut shoreline street after Hurricane Sandy. Read More

Sound Bytes November/December 2012

November 28, 2012 — Read the November/December issue of Sound Bytes. Read More

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