Long Island Sound

Nearly 100 middle schoolers from Stamford Public Schools spent their spring break at SoundWaters’ Science Stars camp, fishing, dissecting and exploring the environment of the Long Island Sound.

Long Island Sound is central to life on the coast of Connecticut and northern Long Island. Scientists at Clark University are looking at ways residents can help keep it clean and how to convince them to do so.

Save the Sound, who created the tool, said it will help policymakers and local governments make decisions on how to protect the Long Island Sound.

Some bald eagles call Connecticut home all year long, but others visit for the winter, looking for open water to fish.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Long Island Sound Study announced more than $25 million in grants for 31 projects.

New York and Connecticut Sea Grants award 15 Long Island Sound coastal communities with $1 million to support climate resilience projects. This is the first round of grant money in the new Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program.

Environmental nonprofit Save the Sound has released its annual water quality report card, grading more than 50 bays and four basins of open water in Long Island Sound. Scientists said the results are encouraging, but there’s still work to be done.

According to the Union of Concerned Scientists study, 39 critical infrastructure assets on Long Island Sound are at risk of flooding at least twice a year by 2050. Many of them are located in disadvantaged communities.

WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Jon Dodd, director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, and wildlife photographer and filmmaker Tomas Koeck about celebrating our region's growing shark population and the work that still needs to be done to protect them.

WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Maritime Aquarium president Jason Patlis about why the health of Long Island Sound is a reason to celebrate! But there's still a lot of work to be done.