Projects

For current information on how the Long Island Soundkeeper Fund is advocating for clean water and solutions to local pollution problems, please visit their web site: http://www.soundkeeper.org/program-areas/

To purchase a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in order to conduct studies on the types and levels of organic contaminants in water & tissue of fish & other organisms.

To establish a comprehensive multi- disciplinary watershed planning initiative to improve the quality of the environment in the QR Watershed.

To establish an individual as the primary point person to be an advocate for clean water and to address local pollution problems using Soundkeeper.

To organize the community that live in NH QRiver section to learn about the river & establish a permanent advocacy group.

To involve inner city youth in learning about and protecting the marine environment.

Complete three hydrographic dye dilution studies of the Wastewater Pollution Control Facilities.

Use plankton net to collect tautog embryos and assess their viability in New Haven Harbor.

For a yearround sampling of various species to estimate incidences of erythrocyte micronucleation to evaluate effects on health fish.

To start an "Adopt the River" program and to continue a lecture series.