Sound Stories

A photo of the green space known as Project Kiana - Photo Credits Westchester Land Trust

Project Kiana: A Hidden Gem for Mount Vernon Residents

October 6, 2026 — A riparian forest will be restored to help improve an urban neighborhood's connection to nature. 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

Forty Years of Citizen Action on Long Island Sound

June 13, 2025 — David Miller, a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee and a former CAC Co-chair, describes how citizen involvement has played… Read More

A Retiring Director’s Advice to Managers to Support a Healthy, Abundant Long Island Sound

June 12, 2025 — Before retiring in April as director of the EPA’s Long Island Sound Office, Mark Tedesco wrote this blog on what… Read More

Madeline Kolleger, a Phd candidate at the University of Connecticut, at the Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford, CT

Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

February 15, 2024 — In this blog post, Madeline Kollegger, a PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut, talks about innovative research to protect… Read More

Out On the Water Measuring the Health of the Sound’s Bays and Harbors

June 7, 2023 — Charlotte Burger, a New York Sea Grant intern for the Long Island Sound Partnership describes her day on a boat learning how the Unified Water Study samples the health of the Sound's bays and harbor. Read More

Coastal Marsh Birds Live Life on the Edge, but Now Face Threat of Sea Level Rise

May 27, 2022 — “As long as their eggs don’t move out of the nest during flooding and chicks don’t drown, the nest can… Read More

From Canoeing to Communications: A College Intern Tests the Waters in the Environmental Field

August 13, 2021 — Every person, every place, and everything has a story to tell, should you look closely enough.  Read More

Recognizing Environmental Anniversaries and Accomplishments

April 20, 2020 — EPA's Long Island Sound Office Director Mark Tedesco Reflects on 50 Years of EPA and Earth Day, and 35 Years of the Long Island Sound Partnership. Read More

A Chilly Day On the Sound

December 9, 2019 — It’s 4.a.m. The alarm sounds. AWW-UU-GAAA. AWWW-UUU-GAAA. Pitch black. I rush quickly out of bed to shut off my annoying… Read More

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