Bringing home the bacon for LIS

April 26th was a powerful day for clean water.

• 18 advocates traveled to Washington, DC to protect Long Island Sound funding.
• NY Governor Cuomo officially signed the Clean Water Infrastructure Act for investing $2.5 billion.

Washington, DC

At Capitol, see full list below

With Senator Schumer (middle)

With Congresswoman Lowey (middle)

With LI Sound Congressional Caucus Representatives Zeldin, DeLauro & Suozzi (middle)

With Congressman Courtney (middle)

With Senator Murphy (standing middle)

New York

With Dignitaries

See the full story on NY’s $2.5 Billion >

* At Top – Long Island Sound Protection Day in Washington DC Attendees:

1. Nancy Seligson – Supervisor of Town of Mamaroneck and NY Co-Chair of the LI Sound Citizens Advisory Committee
2. Curt Johnson – Connecticut Fund for the Environment and CT Co-Chair of the LI Sound Citizens Advisory Committee
3. Tracy Brown – Save the Sound
4. Paul DeOrsay – Friends of the Bay, Oyster Bay
5. Carol DiPaolo – Programs Director and Water-Monitoring Coordinator, Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor
6. Eric Swenson Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee
7. Tom Powell – Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee
8. Adrienne Esposito – Citizens Campaign for the Environment
9. Maureen Murphy  – Citizens Campaign for the Environment
10. Greg Jacob – Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy (New York)
11. David Sutherland– Director, Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy (Connecticut)
12. George Hoffman – Setauket Harbor Coalition
13. Erin Reilly – Sustainability Director for Town of North Hempstead
14. Tom Naiman– Director of Education, The Maritime Aquarium
15. David M. Hudson, Ph.D.  – Research Scientist, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
16. David Miller – Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley as their Clean Water/Jobs Campaign
17. Howard M. Weiss, Ph.D. – Senior Marine Scientist, Project Oceanology, CT
18. Irene D. Weiss – Board of Directors League Of Women Voters of Southeastern CT