Projects to Support the Management Plan

Click on the “Filter Data Table” search button below to view implementations actions connected to a specific CCMP theme or Ecosystem Target. By having this filtering option, you can better connect actions to environmental outcomes.

• Last Updated: the date the project progress was last updated on the website
• Project Name: the name of the project
• Activity Type: the identified type of activity for each project (Coordination, Water Quality Planning and Implementation, Monitoring, Modeling, Habitat Restoration and Protection, Public Education and Outreach, Stewardship and Resiliency, Research, and Implementation Assistance)
• Project Type: the type of project, where “Ongoing” means a project that is continuously funded each year, or “Completed” means the project has been completed/ended
• Project Objectives/Description: the objectives of the project (i.e., what the ultimate goals are of the project)
• Project Location: the location of the project
• Project Lead: the LIS Partnership partner leading the project
• Project Progress: the progress of the project (On-Track, Off-Track, None)
• CCMP Goal: associated CCMP Goal of the project (Clean Waters and Healthy Watersheds, Thriving Habitat and Abundant Wildlife, Sustainable and Resilient Communities, and Informed and Engaged Public)
• CCMP 2025 Action Number: identified CCMP 2025 implementation actions that the project will progress; hover over the action number to view what it means
• EPA Federal Funding Amount: federal dollar amount provided by EPA
• Project Estimated Timeline: estimated start date to completion date of the project

The Long Island Sound Partnership (LIS Partnership), established in 1985 under Section 320 and 119 of the Clean Water Act, is one of the inaugural EPA National Estuary Programs. EPA, joined with Connecticut and New York, established the LIS Partnership Management Conference – a partnership of federal and state agencies, user groups, concerned organizations, and individuals dedicated to improving the health of the Sound. First developed in 1994, the LIS Partnership issued a revised  Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) in 2025. The plan is organized around four major themes: 1) Clean Waters and Healthy Watersheds (CWHW); 2) Thriving Habitats and Abundant Wildlife (THAW); 3) Sustainable and Resilient Communities (SRC); and 4) Informed and Engaged Public (IEP). The plan sets 15 ambitious, but achievable, quantitative objectives to help inform and drive progress towards meeting management goals.

The LIS Partnership is a growing program, as federal funding in 2025 was $40.8 million – nearly a nine-fold increase since 2016. Additionally, in 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-58) (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or BIL), to enhance the nation’s infrastructure and resilience. Long Island Sound Partnership was awarded $21.9 million for each year from 2021 to 2026. As funding increases, so do the number of projects and opportunities. Each federal fiscal year, the LIS Partnership supports our partners through various agreements to carry out proposed work addressing our identified priorities and CCMP. Additionally, the LIS Partnership supports several competitive grant programs, the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, the Long Island Sound Research Grant Program, the Long Island Sound Community Impact Fund, and the Resilience Planning Support Program (specific projects funded by each program can be viewed by clicking the associated hyperlink). Recognizing the importance of well-coordinated tracking efforts, between funded projects and progression of actions and objectives, LIS Partnership developed a Tracking and Reporting Tool. Here we communicate the outputs of that tool describing the program’s implementation progressing the 2025 CCMP.

In addition to Long Island Sound Partnership-funded projects, projects and dollars leveraged by our partners, which are  not shown in the table, also contribute to improving the health of Long Island Sound.