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New Tool Aids in Conservation Planning for Long Island Sound Marshes
A new online interactive viewer is aiding in coastal resiliency planning in New York by showing potential marsh migration areas in the Long Island Sound. The “Marsh-Fate Interactive Viewer” is the result of a three-year assessment by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Long Island Sound Study (LISS) in partnership with…
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Researchers Explore Expanding Nutrient Trading in Long Island Sound
In 2020, NEIWPCC began an exploratory study with rbouvier Consulting and Paul Stacey into the opportunities and obstacles to expand water quality trading in the Long Island Sound watershed. The project supports the Long Island Sound Study (LISS), a NEIWPCC program partner, in implementing their Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. NEIWPCC convened an interdisciplinary team of…
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Funding Available for Economic Feasibility of Commercial Bioextraction in the Long Island Sound
NEIWPCC, in cooperation with the Long Island Sound Study, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and its partners, is inviting proposals for an economic study on nutrient bioextraction within the Long Island Sound. This project will determine the feasibility of commercial bioextraction using seaweed and/or shellfish in the New York and Connecticut sections…