Launch of America’s Great Waters Coalition underscores commitment to restoring America’s estuaries

An alliance representing more than 30 organizations came together with lawmakers from across the nation to launch America’s Great Waters Coalition, representing 9 of the largest water ecosystems in 27 of the lower 48 states — and involving nearly half of the country’s population.

More than $1 Million for Projects to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

Gathering together on the shores of Long Island Sound, top federal and state environmental officials announced 33 grants to state and local government and community groups under the Long Island Sound Futures Fund (Sound Futures
Fund).

L.I. Sound tournament offers $25,000 prize

Anglers alert: by next weekend you’ll be having the blues. However, that’s not a depressing thought, since I’m referring to the Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth, to be held Aug. 29-30.

Throgs Neck fire renews Cross Sound Link debate

Debate about a crossing over or under the Long Island Sound has ebbed and flowed for decades and was highlighted anew more than a week ago when a fire reduced access to the Throgs Neck span.

Caution on bluefish as locals see red on Long Island

We’re back to fishing for our favorite foursome: porgies, striped bass, bluefish and fluke.

B&B plans for decrepit NY lighthouse off LI coast

A nonprofit group wants to turn a delapidated lighthouse with a sweeping view of Long Island Sound into a bed-and-breakfast.

Dolphins continue cruising Long Island’s North Shore

It appears the dolphins sighted last week on the North Shore have no plans to leave just yet.

Fishing Column

The moaning and groaning you’ve been hearing when fishermen talk is not about fishing.

Plenty of fish in Sound waters

Anyone who has been putting off making their first fishing foray into Island Sound until they were absolutely sure the fish have arrived can now stop stalling. The fish are here.

Researchers look to algae for fuel

It’s abundant, it’s cheap, it’s in our backyard — and Carmela Cuomo thinks it might fuel our cars one day.

Property of the Netherlands

Explorer Adrian Block realizes Long Island is an island and claims it for his home country. As he launched his new ship, Adrian Block let the tide carry the Restless into New York Harbor.

A Waterside Village With a Big-City Backdrop

IT’S not often that you get to watch gulls skirmish over mussel beds from a street that dead ends at the water. Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.

Look to Long Island Sound for a Great Fishing Experience

With one of the foremost fisheries anywhere, Long Island Sound and its tributaries have always and, hopefully, will continue to provide a bounty of fish.

New Disabled Sailing Event announced on Long Island Sound

A new disabled sailing event, the Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta, will debut at American Yacht Club (Rye, NY) June 5-7, 2009.

Researchers Check Long Island Sound Algae As Biodiesel Source

Algae might be near the bottom on the totem pole of life, but they could someday help power your car, and researchers from the University of New Haven will use a state grant to find out if any species found in Long Island Sound could become a viable source of biodiesel fue

Long Island Sound Cleanup Efforts Get Boost

Efforts to clean up Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay got a $3.3 million boost this week, thanks in part to two settlements in pollution cases.

What lies beneath

Federal ship discovers wrecks, underwater 30-foot sand dunes and boulders

Shell disease concerns lobster fishery

Remember when Dustin Hoffman’s father-in-law whispered one word into his ear, “plastics” in a pivotal scene in “The Graduate”?

Long Island Sound Water Quality Upgrades Funded

Grants for improving water quality in Long Island Sound were announced Friday at a gathering of federal and state environmental officials in Westchester County near the shore.

Submarine To Aid Testing Of Sound’s Water

From the 1970s through the mid-1990s, there was a ride at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom known as “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Submarine Voyage.”