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Protecting wildlife means breaking the single-use plastic habit. Don’t trash Long Island Sound! Click the link to order wildlife stickers and find out how you can keep the Sound clean! longislandsoundstudy.net/get…

Top officials focus on restoring Long Island Sound. On July 13, the LISS Policy Committee, consisting of EPA Regional Administrators and top environmental officials of NY and CT, met at NYSDEC Marine Resources Headquarters to discuss progress in restoring a #healthyLISound.

Are you interested in a walk through old-growth forest trails and beautiful gardens? The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Nassau Co. is joining NY Sea Grant and LISS for a guided walk of its 75-acre grounds on 7/23. Register by 7/20. ow.ly/wfWp50P9s1t

Read about the growing network of community-based water quality monitoring groups measuring the health of the Sound's bays, harbors, and coves in the latest issue of Sound Matters, LISS's e-newsletter. ow.ly/JX7f50OUSrO

Today is World Sea Turtle Day! The Sound provides habitat for five of the seven species of sea turtles that swim our oceans. One simple way to help sea turtles is to keep plastic pollution away from our waterways. Check out all our Sound Facts at LISstudy.net/facts.

Join us in Flushing to learn more about our changing climate and how communities can work together to be safe during future flooding events.

Enjoy the Long Wharf district of New Haven Harbor this Saturday and learn about sustainability at the Sustainability and Citizen Science Community Fair. The Long Island Sound Study and NFWF support the event through a LIS Futures Fund grant. ow.ly/zEEl50Nv3fT

Tomorrow is #WorldWaterDay! Here are some ideas of how you could help make a difference: • Organize a community clean-up of a local waterway • Start a conversation on water and a #HealthyLISound • Create a local #WaterAction list for your community

CT and NY organizations: Join NFWF tomorrow for an online webinar at 1:30 pm on how to apply for the Long Island Sound Futures Fund request for proposals. About $10 million in grants will be awarded! Register here ow.ly/5T3l50NhizM

NEIWPCC is hiring for a Communications summer intern! The selected candidate will be based at the EPA Long Island Sound Office in Stamford and will help to communicate the many new LIS restoration projects being funded through the Long Island Sound Study.neiwpcc.org/about-us/careers…

Long Island Sound water quality, salt marsh, and public beach characteristics will be examined by marine and social scientists in nine research projects awarded funding through the Long Island Sound Study Research Grant Program. ow.ly/OewP50N8wA6

$10 million for environmental grants in the Long Island Sound watershed (CT, MA, NH, NY, VT). Grant range $50k-$1.5m. Check-out the Requests For Proposals! ow.ly/645t50N74pV

The Long Island Sound Study is helping to fund this water quality project. ow.ly/AJvF50MUHvL

The winter issue of Sound Matters, the Long Island Sound Study's quarterly e-newsletter, is now out. In this issue, learn how the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports projects to restore Long Island Sound. ow.ly/6Wi450MO7nb

Five-month-old Sundae, and her human, enjoy taking a stroll along the Stamford Waterfront at Boccuzzi Park on sunny winter mornings. This park features a public fishing pier, playground, and dog walking trails. #sundaysonthesound #sundaeonthesound #stamfordharbor #puppy