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2019 Estuary Day

Estuary day—a partnership between the three Long Island Estuary Programs: Peconic Estuary Program, Long Island Sound Study, and South Shore Estuary Reserve—is an excellent opportunity for organizations and individuals alike to enjoy and learn about estuaries.
NYSG Says Enjoy the Water this Summer and Keep Yourself and Your Pets Safe from Harmful Algal Blooms

New York Sea Grant is reminding those that do to be informed about harmful algal blooms (HABs), how to avoid exposure of oneself and pets, and where to report potential HABs.
Lake Ontario Inundation Mapping Tools Now Available from New York Sea Grant

New interactive inundation mapping tools are helping property owners along Lake Ontario and its embayments enhance flooding preparedness.
New York Sea Grant Provides Resources to Avoid Rip Current Dangers

In addition to Sea Grant's online resources, including a new fact sheet, NOAA National Weather Service provides beachgoers with real-time surf zone forecasts.
On YouTube, On Air: Coastal Residents Wary of Storms and Preparing

In the years following Superstorm Sandy's impact on the tri-state area, the aim of the NOAA Sea Grant’s Coastal Storm Awareness Program was to help better understand through social science how people react to storm warnings and make the decision to stay or to go.
New York Coastlines, Early Summer 2019

NY Coastlines—New York Sea Grant (NYSG)'s flagship publication—and its news archive, Currents, highlight news, events and other activities from our coastal program's various research, extension and education endeavors throughout New York's marine and Great Lakes waters.

Are You A E-News Subscriber?

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 Director Becky Shuford. More >>

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