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New York Coastlines - Archives (Current and Past Issues)

Check out the Late Spring '23 issue of NYSG's e-newsletter, New York Coastlines, which came ashore in late May-early June. If you're not an e-subscriber, sign up for our e-list and you'll receive our next issue before it's available online.
Long Island Sound Facts - Social Media Campaign

#LISoundFacts is a collection of facts about the health of Long Island Sound and its diverse habitat and wildlife.
Beach Safely - Social Media Campaign

#BEachSAFEly, an award-winning campaign focused on a variety of safety standard “ocean hazards” tips, returns for its fourth season this summer!
On YouTube: ABC 7's 'Kickoff to a Long Island Summer' — Sea Grant Examines the Health of the Sound

As highlighted in the Eyewitness News annual summer special, a suite of new projects focusing on Long Island Sound are supported by more than $6.3 million in total funds.
On Air: New York Sea Grant to Look at Ways to Reduce Pollution in Waterways

Funding, part of a larger $27M funding effort by NOAA (Sea Grant’s parent organization), supports four projects focusing on ways to reduce plastic and other types of pollution in NYS’s coastal and river waterways.
On Air: Keeping Track of Coastal Flooding Data? There's an App For That

A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to $8.1 million to strengthen resilient coastal communities.

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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 ... as well as trending stories from our program's federal partner agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as well as some of our partners: nyseagrant.org/nycoastlines.

We also provide new content at nyseagrant.org/currents.

NYSG's Solidarity Statement

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) stands in solidarity with the call-to-action to end systemic racism. NYSG is an organization that is deeply rooted in the diversity and complexity of coastal communities, partners, and constituencies across New York State. We are committed to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion through meaningful and intentional reflection and action with our staff and programming. More >>

What Does NYSG Mean To You?

For 50 years, New York Sea Grant—one of 34 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.

Share with us what NYSG means to you. More >>

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