Contacts:

Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant communications coordinator, E: judy.benson@uconn.edu

Paul C. Focazio, New York Sea Grant communications manager, E: paul.focazio@stonybrook.edu 

Stony Brook, NY, February 28, 2024 - In partnership with Connecticut Sea Grant and New York Sea Grant, the Long Island Sound Study is excited to announce the official launch of the Long Island Sound (LIS) Resilience Resource Hub website. Designed to be user-friendly and informative, this platform aims to empower coastal communities in New York and Connecticut to enhance their resilience against environmental challenges.

The LIS Resilience Resource Hub serves as a comprehensive online resource center, offering a wealth of tools, information, guidance, and inspiration to support the sustainability and resilience of Long Island Sound communities. Developed in response to stakeholder needs, this hub acts as a one-stop-shop for resources related to climate resilience planning and project implementation.

Key features of the website include curated resources organized by location, topic, and project planning phase. Additionally, users can access an up-to-date funding database to explore resilience-related funding opportunities to support their projects and initiatives. The Resilience Planning Guide provides invaluable insights, navigating users through eight key criteria to guide sustainable and resilient project development.

Furthermore, the website offers a platform to stay informed about upcoming workshops and trainings focused on building community resilience. Users can also access recordings and materials from past events to further enrich their knowledge and skills in resilience planning and implementation.

To provide real-world inspiration, the website hosts an interactive case studies map showcasing recent resilience initiatives, allowing users to explore and learn from successful projects in the Long Island Sound region.

Visit lisresilience.org today to explore the wealth of resources available and start strengthening your community's resilience!


Take a dip into the Long Island Sound Resilience Resource Hub at lisresilience.org.

More Info: About the LIS Resilience Resource Hub

The Long Island Sound Study announces the official launch of the Long Island Sound (LIS) Resilience Resource Hub website, a user-friendly platform designed to enhance the resilience of New York and Connecticut coastal communities. 

The LIS Resilience Resource Hub is a comprehensive online resource, offering tools, information, guidance, and inspiration to support the sustainability and resilience of Long Island Sound communities. Developed in response to stakeholder needs (pdf), this hub is a one-stop-shop for resources related to climate resilience planning and project implementation.

Website URL: lisresilience.org

Key Features:

• Curated resources organized by location, topic, and project planning phase. 

• Funding Database: Access an up-to-date database of resilience-related funding opportunities to support projects and initiatives. 

• Resilience Planning Guide: Navigate through eight key criteria to guide sustainable and resilient project development.

• Trainings and Events: Stay informed about upcoming workshops and trainings focused on building community resilience, and access recordings and materials from past events. 

• Case Studies: Explore an interactive map that showcases recent resilience initiatives.  


Discover tools, information, guidance, and inspiration to support the sustainability and resilience of Long Island Sound communities via the Long Island Sound Resilience Resource Hub.

More Info: LIS Resilience Resource Hub — Background

The Long Island Sound Study (LISS) is a collaborative bi-state partnership established by the EPA, New York, and Connecticut, which brings together federal and state agencies, user groups, concerned organizations, and individuals dedicated to restoring and protecting Long Island Sound. LISS’s Sustainable and Resilient Communities Work Group is supported by a team of five Extension Professionals working through Connecticut Sea Grant and New York Sea Grant, who are strategically located in Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York, and in eastern and western Connecticut. 

By providing training and tools–such as the LIS Resilience Resource Hub–that foster a coordinated regional response to the impacts of climate change, the Extension Professionals are helping empower Long Island Sound decision makers with enhanced knowledge and skills, ultimately boosting the implementation of sustainable and resilient projects throughout the region. 

More Info: LIS Resilience Resource Hub — Quote

"On behalf of our team here with Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning, we feel very fortunate to be given the opportunity to test the new website prior to public launch. It's a beautifully designed portal and a great tool that we plan to share broadly with our departmental colleagues to meet shared project goals and regional resiliency planning objectives. We will continue to stay tuned as to LISS updates and future trainings/events to remain involved. Thank you, SRC team, for all of the hard work to advance this regional effort." - Kendra Armstead, Senior Community Development & Planning Specialist, Department of Economic Development and Planning, Suffolk County

More Info: About CTSG / NYSG / LISS

For more on New York Sea Grant (NYSG), a 50+ year cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York (SUNY), visit www.nyseagrant.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and/or YouTube.

For more on Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG), visit seagrant.uconn.edu or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

For more on the Long Island Sound Study, visit www.longislandsoundstudy.net or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.


More Info: New York Sea Grant

New York Sea Grant (NYSG), a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York (SUNY), is one of 34 university-based programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program.

Since 1971, NYSG has represented a statewide network of integrated research, education and extension services promoting coastal community economic vitality, environmental sustainability and citizen awareness and understanding about the State’s marine and Great Lakes resources.

Through NYSG’s efforts, the combined talents of university scientists and extension specialists help develop and transfer science-based information to many coastal user groups—businesses and industries, federal, state and local government decision-makers and agency managers, educators, the media and the interested public.

The program maintains Great Lakes offices at Cornell University, SUNY Buffalo, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Oswego, the Wayne County Cooperative Extension office in Newark, and in Watertown. In the State's marine waters, NYSG has offices at Stony Brook University and with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County on Long Island, in Queens, at Brooklyn College, with Cornell Cooperative Extension in NYC, in Bronx, with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County in Kingston, and with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County in Elmsford.

For updates on Sea Grant activities: www.nyseagrant.org has Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, and YouTube links. NYSG offers a free e-list sign up via www.nyseagrant.org/nycoastlines for its flagship publication, NY Coastlines/Currents, which is published quarterly.