Federal environmental officials announced $2.6 million in grants for conservation projects tied to the Long Island Sound watershed.
About $1.4 million of that will go to Connecticut, and most of the remaining $1.2 million will go to New York. Massachusetts and Vermont, home to rivers that flow into the Sound, will get about $250,000.
The money will benefit local projects meant to improve water quality and restore habitats around the watershed.
“The result is cleaner water and a healthier environment, which is good for fish and invertebrates and migratory birds and the economy,” said Dennis Diezel of the Environmental Protection Agency.
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut says the funds will help communities restore salt marshes, spur growth of wildlife populations and support environmental education efforts.
