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NY Rising Proposals from Long Island

Jun
18

Newsday

The NY Rising Community Reconstruction program asked local planning committees around the state for "recovery and resiliency strategies" after serious storms - Sandy and Irene - that led to proposals based on those strategies. Here are the proposals from 21 Long Island committees. Each local planning group is eligible for between $3 million and $25 million in Community Development Block Grants.

The projects listed are divided into three categories. Proposed Projects are those eligible for funding through the block grants. Featured Projects are those identified by the local planning committees as being important resiliency recommendations but are not proposed for funding through the state program. "Additional Resiliency Recommendations" also not competing for NY Rising funding but are projects the planning committees would like to highlight.

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New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC)

Jun
05

      

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Established by an Act of Congress in 1947, the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission is a not-for-profit interstate agency that utilizes a variety of strategies to meet the water-related needs of our member states—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. NEIWPCC serves and assists our states by coordinating activities and forums that encourage cooperation among the states, developing resources that foster progress on water and wastewater issues, representing the region in matters of federal policy, training environmental professionals, initiating and overseeing scientific research projects, educating the public, and providing overall leadership in water management and protection.

NEIWPCC is a leader in forming strong bonds between the New England and New York State environmental agencies, and is unique in its ability to bring diverse interest groups together, create forums for collaboration, and educate with innovative products. For well over six decades, the Commission has managed interstate water conflicts by means of sound science, coordination, and adaptation.

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NY District Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Projects and Studies Map

Apr
25

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Click the names of projects and studies in the link below to learn more about them

http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/About/Hurricane_Sandy/CoastalStormRiskReductionProjectsandStudies.aspx

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State of the Bays, 2014: Nitrogen Loading, Estuarine Flushing and the Fate of Long Island’s Coastal Waters

Apr
08

        

submitted by Margery Schab

Spring 2014 Lecture Series
Friday, April 4, 2014 7:30 p.m.
Duke Lecture Hall –Chancellor’s Hall Southampton Campus

Dr. Christopher Gobler
Stony Brook University

“State of the Bays, 2014: Nitrogen loading, estuarine flushing, and the fate of Long Island’s coastal waters”

This talk will first introduce a new organization, The Long Island Coastal Conservation and Research Alliance (LICCRA), whose mission will be to engage in coastal research and monitoring that can be used to protect and restore Long Island coastal ecosystems. Next, this seminar will highlight recent observations and research important for the conservation of these ecosystems.

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