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Long Island Sound Grants Fund Education Projects

Release Date: 02/05/1999
Contact Information: Mary Mears (212) 637-3669 / mears.mary@epa.gov

(#99017) Stamford, Connecticut -- The Long Island Sound Study announced $50,000 in grants to fund twelve education projects throughout the Sound's watershed. The twelve grant recipients were selected from 43 proposals submitted to the Long Island Sound Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The funded projects focus on controlling nonpoint source pollution, teacher training, public radio features, environmentally sound gardens, community education, Piping Plover education, and water quality monitoring. "These types of projects continue to encourage local community involvement in cleaning up Long Island Sound," said Kimberly Zimmer, Sea Grant Educator and Public Outreach Coordinator for the Long Island Sound Study. "These projects will get people involved and help develop a sense of stewardship for the Sound."

This is the fifth year of funding for the Long Island Sound Study Public Participation Information and Education Small Grants. A total of 31 projects has been funded since 1995, amounting to $89,387. "Doubling the funding for the grant program this year to $50,000 has provided for an increase in the variety and scope of projects," said Mark Tedesco, Director of the EPA Long Island Sound Office. "I am particularly pleased at the quality and inventiveness of the projects this year."

The grant recipients include the Westchester County Department of Planning, The Children's Garbage Museum, Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary, North Fork Audubon Society, Inc., Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, Manhasset Bay Protection Committee, Great Neck North High School, Bruce Museum, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Save the Sound, Inc., Rye Nature Center, and New Haven Land Trust. (A description of the projects is available on request).

Another solicitation for proposals will go out later this year. Anyone interested in being placed on the Long Island Sound Study Small Grants mailing list should contact Kimberly Zimmer at the New York Sea Grant Extension office at (516) 632-9216.

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