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In Brief
More than $12 million in grants was awarded to improve the environment of Long Island Sound through the Long Island Sound Future Fund. The 31 grant projects are based in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York.
The EPA released the National Wetland Condition Assessment report, detailing the results of the 2021 survey of the nation's wetlands.
The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) seeks proposals for an Artist-in-Residence program in Québec that will recruit artists to use scientific data, cultural trends or historical facts to interpret the natural and cultural resources in the Lake Champlain basin. The LCBP anticipates awarding one grant of up to $50,000 CAD for a two-year program; proposals are due on February 5.
A new EPA report highlights water affordability challenges across U.S. households and utilities.
The Connecticut and New York Sea Grant programs and the Long Island Sound Study announced the funding of 13 research grants that will improve the understanding of factors impacting several fish species, shellfish, water quality and restoration of the Sound's estuary’s salt marshes.
More than $1 million was awarded to support climate resilience planning in 15 Long Island Sound communities as part of the Resilience Planning Support Program.
A National Public Radio (NPR) article details how microplastics get into our bodies and the subsequent health impacts.
Cornell University, in partnership with the Hudson River Estuary Program, is offering a free technical assistance opportunity for a community interested in using conservation overlay zoning to conserve priority lands and waters to protect biodiversity or wildlife habitat connectivity. Applications are due on March 3.
The EPA released draft national recommendations for health-based levels of PFAS in waterbodies. Once final, these recommended criteria can be used by states and authorized tribes to set water quality standards that help protect people from potential exposure through consuming water, fish and shellfish from inland and nearshore waterbodies.
The EPA published for public comment its plan for studying and developing technology-based PFAS limits on industrial wastewater discharges.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation extended the deadline to submit an application for grants for Hudson River estuary communities to support restoration of free-flowing waters and improve access to the estuary to January 31.
The EPA added nine additional PFAS to the list of chemicals covered by the Toxics Release Inventory, bringing the total in 2025 to 205.
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