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How Sea Grant Benefits You In 2019

For nearly 50 years, New York Sea Grant has worked with coastal residents, communities, businesses, teachers and residents on problems and opportunities specific activities within the land and water interface.
Stewardship and You: Volunteer for Long Island Sound (April - June 2019)

There are many organizations in Connecticut and New York that need your help restoring and protecting Long Island Sound.
Publications: Success Stories

The new profiles provide a summary of how New York Sea Grant addressed a variety of marine and Great Lakes concerns and opportunities in 2018.
New York Sea Grant Research Zooms In On Water Quality, Severe Storms, Seafood Safety

Results and resources from these 2018-19 NYSG investigations provide useful information to the public, businesses, coastal communities and managers.
On Air: NYSG's Jamaica Bay Specialist Discusses the Value of Coastal Resiliency

In the latest 30-minute "Locally Sourced Science" podcast, the host explores how natural systems can coincide with people. Joining in the discussion is NYSG's Coastal Resilience Specialist Helen Cheng.
Over $1.5 Million Funds Four Long Island Sound Research Projects

Projects, which were a focus of a March'19 conference, address Sound ecological health topics, like hypoxia, biological parameters for water quality management and the scope and impact of landscaping practices.

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Sign up for NYSG's flagship e-pub, New York Coastlines / Currents, to keep tabs on our coastal science research, extension and education endeavors throughout NY's marine and Great Lakes waters: nyseagrant.org/nycoastlines.

We also provide new content at nyseagrant.org/currents and nyseagrant.org/blog. Via the blog we publish topical entries as well as an occasional "Social Media Review," which features trending stories at both NYSG and our federal partner agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

How Does Sea Grant Benefit You?

For nearly 50 years, New York Sea Grant—one of 33 university-based programs under NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program—has been producing impressive results through its funded research.

"Sea Grant is unique in how it draws upon its Extension program to extend these [research] studies, putting science-based into the hands of a wide variety of coastal stakeholders," says New York Sea Grant's Interim Director Kathy Bunting-Howarth. More >>

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