LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES
A number of government agencies, citizens’ groups and others are making substantial contributions to the improvement of Long Island Sound and its watershed. Some of these groups have also made their resources available on the world wide web and are hyper linked below. If your organization would like to be added to the links page please use the Contact Us form. Aquariums The Long Island Aquarium http://www.liaquarium.org/
The Long Island Aquarium at Bay Shore, New York, The Aquarium will include an IMAX/3D theater and state-of-the-art exhibits which will heighten visitor awareness of Long Island's environment from the Ice Age to current time. The Maritime Aquarium http://www.maritimeaquarium.org
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT is one of the few in the country solely devoted to Long Island Sound. Mystic Aquarium http://www.mysticaquarium.org
At the Mystic Aquarium and the Institute for Exploration you can explore our ocean planet and learn about the many ways we are involved with the wondrous undersea world.
Educational Institutions Connecticut Sea Grant http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~wwwsgo/
The Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, based at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, funds marine research and is a primary source of information about marine and coastal issues, including those related to Long Island Sound. Hudson River Foundation http://www.hudsonriver.org
The Hudson River Foundation supports scientific and public policy research, education, and projects to enhance public access to the Hudson River. MYSOUND http://www.mysound.uconn.edu
The objectives of this project is to provide water quality monitoring data from Long Island Sound to a broad spectrum of users - enhancing the appreciation, knowledge and use of the Sound. National Sea Grant Depository http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu
The National Sea Grant Depository (NSGD), located in the Pell Marine Science Library (University of Rhode Island), houses the only complete collection of Sea Grant funded work which now includes 72,000 documents. New England Environmental Finance Center http://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu/tools.html
NEEFC's Directory of Watershed Resources is a searchable database of resources available to assist with a variety of environmental projects. It includes information on federal, state, private, and other funding sources and assistance. Users can search for programs through a targeted search, keyword search or through an index of federal, state and private sources. The Directory has been updated to include funding and assistance programs that focus on the six New
England States. NEMO - Nonpoint pollution Education for Municipal Officials http://nemo.uconn.edu/
NEMO is a University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System project using GIS to teach local officials about the sources and impacts of nonpoint source pollution, how different land uses affect water quality, and what towns can do to protect water quality. New York Sea Grant http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu
A cooperative program of the State University of New York and Cornell University, Sea Grant focuses on research and the transfer of scientific information to industry, government, resource managers, and the public. Project Oceanology http://www.oceanology.org
Project Oceanology provides boats, oceanographic equipment, a waterfront laboratory, instructional materials and staff to enable more than 25,000 students and adults each year to learn about the ocean through first-hand, on-the-water experiences. SUNY Marine Science Research Center http://www.msrc.sunysb.edu
The Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) is the State University of New York's center for marine research, graduate education, and public service. MSRC is also the University at Stony Brook's center for research, education, and public service in the atmospheric sciences. University of Connecticut Maps and Geographic Information Center http://magic.lib.uconn.edu
MAGIC is a library of digital geo-spatial information. All of the data available through FTP are in the public domain, licensed data are available only on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. University of Connecticut Avery Point http://www.averypoint.uconn.edu/apmarine.html
The Department of Marine Sciences offers graduate studies in the field of oceanography.
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Funding Sources Water Quality Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/funding.html
Government Agencies Connecticut Dept of Environmental Protection http://dep.state.ct.us
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conserves and protects the natural resources and environment of the State of Connecticut. Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. http://www.globe.gov/ . New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission http://www.neiwpcc.org The agency serves member states individually and collectively by providing coordination, public education, training, and leadership in the management and protection of water quality in the states of New England and New York.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dep/home.html New York State Department of Environmental Conservation http://www.dec.state.ny.us
The Department of Environmental Conservation is responsible for administration and enforcement of the Environmental Conservation Law. New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation http://www.nysefc.org/
The Corporation promotes environmental quality by providing low-cost capital and expert technical assistance to municipalities, businesses and State agencies for environmental projects in New York State. New York State Department of State, Coastal Resources Division http://www.dos.state.ny.us/cstl/cstlwww.html National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov
An organization of the Department of Commerce, NOAA is composed of the National Ocean Service, National Weather Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Environmental Satellite Data, and Information Service, and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. National Ocean Service http://www.nos.noaa.gov/
The nation's principal advocate for coastal and ocean stewardship, the National Ocean Service develops the national foundation for coastal and ocean science, management, response, restoration, and navigation. US Army Corps of Engineers (New England)
http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/
The New England District (NAE) is responsible for managing the Corps' civil responsibilities in a 66,000 square-mile region encompassing the six New England states east of the Lake Champlain drainage basin. US Army Corps of Engineers (New York)
http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/
The New York District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers is where the Corps began. The geographical area covered by the New York District contains the largest population concentration of any of the Corps' Districts. DAMOS (Disposal Area Monitoring System) is a program begun in 1977 by the New England District of the US Army Corps of Engineers to manage and monitor offshore dredged material disposal sites from Long Island Sound to Maine. http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/environm/damos/splash_page.htm US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 1, www.epa.gov/region01/, and Region 2, www.epa.gov/region02/
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency establishes water quality standards for all navigable waterbodies as an effort to ensure that waterbodies support such designated uses as fish and shellfish consumption, habitats for wildlife, and swimming and boating. Long Island Sound is served by two EPA regions, Region 1 (New England) and Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and seven Tribal Nations).
US EPA http://www.epa.gov
The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment - air, water, and land - upon which life depends. US EPA Adopt Your Watershed http://www.epa.gov/adopt/
EPA challenges citizens and organizations to work to protect and restore our valuable rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, ground water, and estuaries. US EPA Beach Watch http://epa.gov/ost/beaches
The BEACH program is designed to encourage governmental agencies at the federal, state, tribal, and local level to strengthen beach water quality standards and testing methods, use predictive water pollution models to better inform the public about beach water quality conditions, and make information about the risks associated with swimming in contaminated beach water available to the public. US EPA National Estuary Program http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/
Learn more about estuaries and the National Estuary Program. EPA Stormwater Program http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=6
New regulations by the United States Environmental Protection Agency require municipalities in urbanized areas and operators of construction activities to obtain permit coverage for stormwater discharges. The regulations, under the Stormwater Phase II rule, regulate storm water discharges generated by runoff from land and impervious areas such as paved streets, parking lots, and building rooftops during rainfall and snow events that often contain pollutants in quantities that could adversely affect water quality. To learn more about these regulations, and what communities should do to help eliminate stormwater runoff pollution, you can visit these websites:
New York State DEC Stormwater Information http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dow/mainpage.htm Westchester County Department of Planning http:www.westchestergov.com/planning/environmental
Westchester County's Long Island Sound Watershed Program restores streams and wetlands. Restored sites can be viewed online.
US EPA Office of Water http://www.epa.gov/owow
The Office of Water (OW) activities are targeted to prevent pollution wherever possible and to reduce risk for people and ecosystems in the most cost-effective ways possible. US EPA River and Wetland Restoration http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore
This site is intended to provide information to those involved in aquatic ecosystem restoration, and to help develop a more complete picture of restoration activities nationwide. US EPA WaterNews http://www.epa.gov/ow/waternews
WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. US Fish and Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov
USFWS conserves, protects, and enhances fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Interstate Environmental Commission http://www.iec-nynjct.org
A tri-state environmental/water quality protection agency, with regulatory and enforcement powers The Southern New England - New York Bight Coastal Ecosystems Program (SNEP) office in Charlestown, Rhode Island is a primary focal point and coordinator for Service coastal activities in the southern New England coast, the New York-New Jersey Harbor, and the New York Bight, i.e., the expanse of relatively shallow ocean water covering the bend in the continental shelf off the shores of New Jersey and Long Island. US Geological Survey Connecticut District http://ct.water.usgs.gov
US Geological Survey New York District http://ny.water.usgs.gov
The USGS provides scientific information to describe and understand the Earth.US Geological Survey for LIS http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/regional/contusa/eastcoast/midatl/lis/mosaics.html US Geological Survey Studies in Long Island Sound
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/longislandsound/index.htm
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Nonprofit Organizations American Littoral Society http://www.alsnyc.org
The American Littoral Society is an environmental organization concerned about issues that affect the littoral zone: that area on the beach between low and high tide. Association of National Estuary Programs http://www.nationalestuaries.org
A non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote responsible stewardship and a common vision for the preservation and restoration of our 28 nationally-designated bays and estuaries Clean Sound, Inc. http://cleansound.org/
An all volunteer, not-for-profit, tax exempt corporation, established in 1990 to remove fixed and floatable pollutants from Long Island Sound and all contributing watershed areas, to work to restore degraded habitats, and to inform others about the pollution problems facing the Long Island Sound. The Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor, email: CSHH@earthlink.net
The Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor, a volunteer, nonprofit organization, founded in 1986, is dedicated to identifying and eliminating environmental threats to Hempstead Harbor (located on Long Island's north shore) and surrounding communities, and to restoring and protecting our local environment to its full ecological and economic potential.
Community Environmental Council http://www.communityenvironmentalcouncil.org/
A nonprofit research, policy development and education organization headquartered in Santa Barbara, works to solve environmental problems through design and implementation of environmental management systems. Friends of the Bay www.friendsofthebay.org
Friends of the Bay is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit, environmental organization in Oyster Bay, New York. LIS Foundation http://www.lisfoundation.org
The Long Island Sound Foundation facilitates the exchange of information and enhances the ability of individuals and organizations to address issues impacting Long Island Sound. Long Island SoundKeeper http://www.soundkeeper.org
Soundkeeper is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the biological, physical, and chemical integrity of Long Island Sound and its watershed. National Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org
The National Audubon Society conserves and restores natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. Environmental Defense Fund http://www.oceansalive.org
The Environmental Defense Fund's Oceans Alive campaign seeks to encourage policy makers to protect ocean and coastal habitats, transform failing fisheries, reduce dead zones, enforce conservation laws, protect our shores from oil, increase ocean research, and reform ocean management. Natural Resources Defense Council www.nrdc.org/nrdcpro/lis/lisinx.html
The Natural Resources Defense Council, the Connecticut Fund for the Environment and Save the Sound examined and graded the policies and programs affecting water quality of the 78 coastal communities surrounding the Long Island Sound. The Nature Conservancy http://www.tnc.org
The Nature Conservancy preserves plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. Norwalk River Watershed Association http://www.norwalkriver.org
The organization's mission is to improve the water quality and quality of life in the Norwalk, Silvermine, and Comstock watersheds. Save the Sound http://savethesound.org
Save the Sound is a bi-state, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the restoration, protection, and appreciation of LIS and its watershed through education, research, and advocacy. They are headquartered in Stamford, CT and there is an office on Long Island at the Garvies Point Museum in Glen Cove. SoundWaters, Inc. http://www.soundwaters.org
SoundWaters is a nonprofit environmental education organization located in Stamford, CT, dedicated to the restoration and preservation of LIS and its watershed through hands-on learning and public awareness. Back to top
LISS Small Grant Project Web Sites Central Connecticut State University Outer Island Intertidal Project http://www.biology.ccsu.edu/penniman/Intertidal/MAIN.HTM
This page is primarily intended for student groups who will be conducting field studies at Outer Island, Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, and for others interested in New England intertidal ecology. For those groups going to Outer Island, this web site can be used to study intertidal zonation prior to conducting their own intertidal transects. | 
