www.longislandsoundstudy.net April/May 2008 e-newsletter of the Long Island Sound Study (LISS)LISS News and Events:
Protecting Streams and Rivers: A team from the University of Connecticut’s Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) will discuss remote sensing applications, including a LISS-funded study on the status and trends in natural vegetation (called riparian buffers) along CT’s rivers and streams at the April 24 LISS Management Committee meeting. The Management Committee also will discuss the plans for a Long Island Sound 2008 agreement for NY and CT. The meeting will be held at UConn-Stamford’s multipurpose room from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. To register, contact Edna Nolfi at nolfi.edna@epamail.epa.gov.
DO Grant Program: About $1.5 million in funds are available for water quality projects in western Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay. Grant applications for the "Dissolved Oxygen Environmental Benefit Fund" must be postmarked by May 2. See nfwf, the Web site of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Focus on Little Neck: The History and Ecology of Little Neck Bay was recently published by the Alley Pond Environmental Center. The book, funded with assistance by a LISS small grant, is available for $5 plus shipping. Call Dr. Aline Euler, education director at Alley Pond, at 718-229-4000 for further details.
Tesores Vivientes (Living Treasures): A Spanish translation of CT Sea Grant’s popular Living Treasures: The Plants and Animals of Long Island Sound is now available. The Spanish publication was made possible with a LISS grant. E-mail Peg van Patten of CT Sea Grant at peg.vanpatten@uconn.edu for more information.
Oyster Talk: Oystering has played a rich and economically important role in CT and NY maritime history. Elizabeth Pillsbury, a Ph.D. candidate in American and Environmental History, and a Long Island Sound Fellow for LISS’s Science and Technology Advisory Committee, will provide some insight into part of that history in her talk, Filthy Waters, Typhoid Fevers and Oyster Planters: Shellfish Battles in New York and Connecticut, 1880-1925, at Southern Connecticut State University on April 9. The talk is part of the university’s fifth annual Long Island Sound Seminar Series. Visit Southern Connecticut’s Web site for more information about Pillsbury’s discussion and the rest of the seminar.
New LIS Coordinator: LISS welcomes Sarah Deonarine, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s new Long Island Sound Coordinator. A Pennsylvania native, Deonarine recently graduated from Stony Brook University with a master’s degree in marine science. She also graduated from Southhampton College with a degree in marine science biology. Deonarine started in March, and works out of DEC’s marine resources bureau in East Setauket, Long Island. |
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Nonpoint Source: Since 1990, the Annual Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution Conference has been New England’s premier forum for sharing information and improving communication on NPS pollution issues and projects. This year’s forum is being held in Groton, CT from May 19-21. For more information, visit the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission's Web site.
Watershed Conference: The Connecticut Watershed Conservation Network will be holding its spring conference on Thursday, May 15, at Northeast Utilities in Berlin, CT. Presentations will include: green building and water conservation/protection, Governor Rell's Responsible Growth Task Force, and medications in our rivers and how we can mitigate impacts.
PLANYC: Bob Yaro, President of the Regional Plan Association, America’s oldest independent metropolitan policy, research and advocacy group, will be discussing what Sound residents can learn from PLANYC, New York City’s new environmental plan, at SoundWater’s Business and the Environmental Lecture Series on April 23 at UConn-Stamford. For more information about the Stamford-based environmental group’s series, including registering for the lectures, visit SoundWaters’ Web site.
Seeking Horseshoe Crab Volunteers: The Friends of Flax Pond in Setauket, Long Island, is seeking volunteers to track horseshoe crabs at Flax Pond and West Meadow Beach in the spring. For information about volunteering, and attending a training workshop, call Frank Chin, volunteer organizer, on his cell at 368-0004 or email him at: frank.chin@stonybrook.edu. |
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Watershed Management Webcast: EPA's Watershed Academy sponsors free monthly Webcasts for watershed practitioners from around the globe. On April 10, Monitoring Watershed Program Effectiveness will examine ways to measure the impact of watershed management decisions. To register for this Webcast or to access archived audio versions of past Webcasts, visit EPA’s Watershed Academy Web site. | | | Please note: This email message is being sent to subscribers of the Long Island Sound Study E-Newsletter. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT THIS MESSAGE AS SPAM. Unsubscribe or update your subscription at http://www.longislandsoundstudy.net/cgi-bin/list.htm |
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