Provide assistance to the research foundation of the state university of new york (suny) to implement its project to support the long island sound comprehensive conservation and management plan to…

Provide assistance to the research foundation of the state university of new york (suny) to implement its project to support the long island sound comprehensive conservation and management plan to protect and restore long island sound. Specifically, under this grant agreement the recipient will perform the following activities: identify and fund high priority, high quality research via administration of a competitive research programand establish and follow up on the project grantsand and new york sea grant, a cooperative program of suny, will arrange meetings for the principal investigators to share preliminary results from the projects and identify synergies. These activities are intended to support the recipient & rsquoands goal to provide new science-based information to inform decision-making and actions towards reaching the vision and goals for long island sound. The activities will provide a basis to better implement the education and outreach strategies outlined in the comprehensive conservation and management plan. The anticipated deliverables will be an assessment and research reportsand anticipated outcomes will be informed decision-making based on scienceand and direct beneficiaries of this program include the general population in the new york portion of the long island sound watershed and its surrounding areas, schools, universities and other institutions of learning, environmental managers and policy makers and the participants in the long island sound study. The anticipated outcome will be an informed engagement effort on behalf of the long island sound study environmental justice work group. Beneficiaries include the liss, its partners, and the environmental justice work group.