Sound Spotlight

A Visit to the Spectacles of Life on Great Gull Island

September 14, 2026 — A fragile ecosystem of seabirds lives on GGI. Volunteer work keeps the island intact.  In spring 2026, Quinn Burkhart, LIS… Read More

Satellite image of a hurricane off the east coast of the United States.

Why Timing Matters: Weather, Waves, and Oxygen in Long Island Sound

August 18, 2026 — What a Hurricane Can Teach Us About Hypoxia Hurricane Erin passed hundreds of miles offshore of the Long Island Sound… Read More

US Geological Survey’s Long Island Sound Clearinghouse Paints a Clearer Picture of Research in the Greater Watershed

June 24, 2026 — Flooding, disappearing wetlands, and polluted water are familiar issues to communities across Long Island Sound—but they’re upstream, too. The same… Read More

A River Runs Through it: Meet the Tool Helping to Restore Water Flow Across the Sound

May 20, 2026 — If you live near a stream or creek, chances are high that you live near a road-stream crossing called a… 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

Protecting Roseate and Common Terns for the Long Term

March 17, 2026 — Great Gull Island’s first comprehensive Conservation Plan, funded with a LIS Futures Fund grant, sets priorities on how to respond… 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

From Storm to Sanctuary: the Critical Stages to Restoring Sunken Meadow State Park after Superstorm Sandy

March 4, 2026 — More than a decade after the storm, Audubon seeks to bring back a vulnerable bird habitat Sometimes Mother Nature surprises… 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

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. Read More

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