Long Island Sound Receives Varying Grades on First Water Quality Report Card
Scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science evaluated the water quality of the L.I. Sound and released the report card on June 8. While the Eastern areas received an “A” on the quality of water, the Western Narrows earned an “F.
Buzz Creators’s client, Westchester Community Foundation (http://www.wcf-ny.org), is a founding member of the Long Island Sound Funders Collaborative. Westchester Community Foundation has worked very hard to improve the health of Long Island’s watershed. WCF’s Senior Programming Officer Laura Rossi is happy to see that this grading system is fostering mindfulness about the quality of the Sound being that it generates more than $17 billion annually in ecological and economic value for Westchester County.