Focus on the Coast

Is your community in the coastal area of Connecticut? If so, this workshop is your point of entry into an integrated educational program to help your town better protect priority coastal habitat areas.

Learn About:

Land use patterns along the coastal of Long Island Sound;
Critical coastal habitat areas like submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), migratory fish and tidal marshes—what they are, where they are and what is threatening them;
Protection strategies that you can start on now!
How the partners can help you.

The workshop is free of charge and about 1 hour long. We recommend scheduling 2 hours to allow for discussion and questions. Contact John Rozum at john.rozum@uconn.edu or call (860) 345-5225 to schedule a workshop.

Our educational workshop is supported by a state of the art website. Take a tutorial on conducting a coastal resource inventory; access maps and information on priority coastal resource areas and coastal land cover; or link to a variety of other sites that can help you protect your valuable coastal habitat areas.

--> Visit the Focus on the Coast website.

Focus on the Coast Partners Include:

The University of Connecticut Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Program, in partnership with the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Coastal Marine Program
The Office of Long Island Sound Programs (OLISP) of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

Major funding support by NOAA Coastal Services Center.

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