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In mid-August 2022, a New York Sea Grant extension specialist and Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program staff member assisted a rescue of a young osprey entangled by a kite string in Cedar Beach Creek (Southold, NY). Their swift actions reaching the exhausted and stressed osprey and cutting the string allowed this feathery beauty a rest atop a floating oyster cage before soaring away. Credit: Emma Forbes/NYSG

Welcome to New York Sea Grant's (NYSG) Late Fall Early Winter 2022 New York Coastlines, our program's flagship electronic newsletter.

Several fellowships have also been opened. These include the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (though if you are in the Great Lakes, Hudson, or have an applicable graduate field of study and an interest, don’t let “marine” turn you away) – links are provided below for how to apply (and feel free to reach out to us with questions). Also just announced are the NOAA Coastal Management and Digital Coast fellowships and NOAA Fisheries-Sea Grant fellowship. In the Fellows and Interns section of the newsletter we also welcome, and congratulate NYSG’s most recent cohort of amazing fellows – this is a great way for you to learn more!

MyCoastNY, an exciting new website and app-based platform for reporting local shoreline changes, water levels, and flooding events was launched this fall. All are invited to join, and contribute to, this public community science monitoring network – designed to improve place-based knowledge and informed decisions.

As always, many more news and stories about NYSG’s impactful research, extension and education are also included. Please do read on, and don’t forget the ongoing opportunity to share your thoughts and ideas through the “What Does NYSG Mean To You?” webform!

Finally, from all of us here at NYSG we wish you and yours a happy holiday season and look forward to connecting in 2023 for another exciting year of programming and partnerships.

— Becky Shuford, NYSG's Director

Input Needed:

We'd love to hear from you on your thoughts on past and/or present experiences as well as any ideas on vision for the future: www.nyseagrant.org/WhatDoesNYSGMeanToYou

- Maybe you’d like to recount some favorite moments or experiences with NYSG?

- Perhaps a program or training that you participated in that made a lasting impact?

- Or was there a staff member that made a positive impression?

- It could be a partnership effort we've done together or research that you conducted through NYSG's funding opportunities?

- Were you a NYSG Scholar or Fellow that furthered your career goals or a teacher who gained new insights to share with the next generation of coastal stewards?

Whatever the experience, we want to know!

As we capture these testimonials we may want to share them with others. So be sure you are comfortable with that prior to submission.

Apply: Requests for Proposals

The main goal of NYSG's research program is to generate and provide valid scientific information and tools that will further the sustainable development, use, protection, conservation, and management of our coastal resources. Pre-proposals are due via NYSG's online portal only by 4:30 PM on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Learn more >>

Applications will be accepted for the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program on a rolling basis until all available funding is allocated, which may be no later than September 30th, 2023.

The intent of the program is to reduce staffing and capacity barriers that municipalities and community organizations may face when applying for competitive funding opportunities, help communities develop successful sustainable and resilience focused project grant applications, and for municipalities and community organizations to develop capacity for navigating the funding landscape. Learn more >>

Download: MyCoast NY App

The MyCoast New York portal is used to collect and analyze photos of changing water levels, shorelines, and hazardous weather impacts across New York’s varied coasts and water bodies.

Photos are linked to real-time environmental conditions to create reports that help stakeholders like government agencies, business owners, and residents understand our changing environment and make informed decisions.

Anyone may contribute a photo of local flooding and storm damage. Photo reports can be submitted through the app or the website. Both the website and app require registration.

Visit the Website or download the app: iPhone / Android.

You can also check out an October 2022 recorded webinar on MyCoast New York.

This two-year pilot project is funded by the National Sea Grant Office and the New York State Water Resources Institute at Cornell University.

Publication: The Great Lakes and

The eight-page document prompts consideration of how such factors as rising temperatures and precipitation, extreme weather events, sea level rise, and flooding that influence human migration, displacement, and planned relocation may impact the Great Lakes region of the U.S. Read on >>

Apply For Fellowships

The NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics places Ph.D. students in research-based fellowships that provide support for up to three years. The program is designed to fulfill workforce development needs identified by NMFS and since 1999, has provided opportunities for 159 Ph.D. students. Applications are due to Sea Grant programs on January 25, 2023. Learn more>>

This program's mission is to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management agencies. The five fellowship positions start in August 2023 and are available with the coastal programs in Connecticut, Maine, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, and with the Coastal States Organization. Application packages must be submitted to the Sea Grant office in the state where you received your degree by Friday, January 27, 2023. Learn more>>

This fellowship provides a one-year, paid experience for highly qualified early career professionals to work on issues related to coastal, marine and Great Lakes science and policy in offices within the executive or legislative branch of government in Washington, D.C. Eligible students with an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources can apply for this fellowship through Thursday, February 16, 2023. Learn more>>

The 2023 finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program — including five from New York (two each from Stony Brook University and Cornell University and one from Columbia University) — will become the 44th class of one of the most prestigious marine policy fellowships in the U.S. The 86 finalists represent 29 of the 34 Sea Grant programs and 62 universities. Read on >>

NYSG catches up with Giselle Schmitz (Fordham University), Liang Wu (City University of New York), and Celeste Naoko Zumwalt (Columbia University), all three of whom are NYSG’s current Knauss Fellows. Read on >>

Sarah Weisberg, who hails from Stony Brook University and will be supported by NYSG, has earned one of the eight fellowships awarded this year through a national partnership between NOAA Fisheries Service and the National Sea Grant College Program. Read on >>

This past summer, Stony Brook University student Jade Wu took part in Sea Grant’s Community Engaged Internship program as the communications fellow on the Hard Clam Selective Breeding project. Read on >>

Sea Grant specialist Stacy Furgal has been recognized as one of six co-authors of an article published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research on lake trout stocking into Lake Ontario. Read on >>

Scientists are growing multiple types of seaweed in Long Island Sound, in near-shore locations in Connecticut and New York. Their goal: improve water quality while expanding the industry for cultivated seaweed, oysters, and mussels in the region. Read on >>

Participate: New York Seafood Incentives Program

New York Sea Grant in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County has developed a New York Seafood Incentives program aimed at increasing transparency and access to New York Farmed and Fished seafood products. Participating retailers (selling NY farmed and fished seafoods) have been provided with promotional materials including insulated totes with educational resources that can be used to bag any consumer purchase of NY farmed or fished products. www.nyseagrant.org/nyseafoodincentives

More story maps at www.nyseagrant.org/storymaps

Participate: Seafood Marketing

New York Sea Grant in collaboration with the National Aquaculture Association developed free customizable seafood marketing resources to assist in branding and marketing your seafood products and dishes. Also on the site: Recipes, a series of "Nutrition Cards" as well as "Seafood Cards," the latter set for easy reference on a number of seafood topics. www.nyseagrant.org/seafoodmarketing

Register: Seafood HACCP Training Program

New York Sea Grant is offering FREE Seafood HACCP training for a limited number of New York Seafood producers. See flyer for all info (PDF).

The training is open to all NY based seafood producers, especially those interested in exploring alternative markets for their product(s). Participation is limited to two individuals per business. Additional participants will be charged $75.

The trainings are open to out of state participants for a fee ($100), and spots will be filled on a first come first served basis.

Save the Date: 2023 Seafood Summit

Join us March 7-10, 2023 for the 7th Annual New York Seafood Summit, where a group of seafood professionals with vested interest in New York’s seafood industry will meet to foster active communications and build productive relationships and collaboration throughout the state. This year’s summit will focus on "Innovations in NY Seafood". Learn more>>

On YouTube: State of the Bays — 2022:

“All of Long Island is a watershed,” says Stony Brook University investigator Chris Gobler. “All activities on land affect the quality of the groundwater.” Over the past few decades, he notes, things have been changing on the Island. With an increase in population has come an increase of nitrogen—its primary source being nitrates in wastewater. Read on >>

This fall, we close the chapter on 50 years of New York Sea Grant working with coastal residents, communities, businesses and teachers, among others, along New York's marine, Great Lakes and Hudson River coasts … and we embark on a new one.

In the New York Coastlines spotlight feature below, we are pleased to share with you our annual review of impactful NYSG programming and research.

Included are three dozen summaries of select work conducted by our program's extension specialists and funded researchers to develop and provide stakeholder-driven, science-based information, tools, and other resources to support local communities, businesses, and individuals achieve objectives related to coastal community, environmental, and economic resilience and sustainability. Read on >>

Also, check out our visually-driven story map version of this past year’s successes … www.nyseagrant.org/successstories2022. Individual summaries are also provided in the #Research, #Extension and #Education sections below.

On the national front, check out the by-the-numbers one-pager "Sea Grant: A Smart Investment in Our Economy" or search impacts of Sea Grant's work, browse current projects, and explore any of the Sea Grant Colleges at seagrant.noaa.gov/Our-Work.

For 50 years, New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has been supporting university-based research related to a variety of marine, Hudson estuary, and Great Lakes topics and issues.

Some recently-completed investigations address topics including harmful algal blooms, pharmaceuticals in wastewater, impacts of plastic pollution on coastal environments, fish stocking in NY’s Great Lakes, and improving public understanding of rip currents. Read on >>

A sampling of ongoing research is focusing on: how efficient sugar kelp is at soaking up nitrogen and phosphorus from the water; potential impacts of microplastics; oyster aquaculture; and coastal resiliency concerns in several parts of the State. Read on >>

Establishing a selective breeding program for hard clams will help to maximize the economic potential of the shellfish industry. Read on >>

NYSG programming is actively engaging communities in support of New York’s aquaculture industry and its oyster farming small businesses. Read on >>

NYSG facilitates the prioritized planning of CSMI research on the Great Lakes to add to the critical understanding of the world’s most complex freshwater system. Read on >>

A Sea Grant-led effort is identifying the research needed to address climate-induced human migration in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. Read on >>

Flood sensors are providing accurate and precise information about coastal flooding to support resilience building across all five boroughs of New York City. Read on >>

NYSG expertise is helping to increase the climate action capacity of communities across New York State through a new Climate Stewards training program. Read on >>

NYSG is helping decision-makers respond to climate change impacts that are creating water level extremes in Lake Ontario, threatening the sustainability of waterfront communities. Read on >>

NYSG’s New York Coastal Resilience Law and Policy Fellowship students develop information resources to support community resilience building while enhancing the students’ educational experience. Read on >>

NYSG is raising awareness of publicly-available mapping tools that help visualize environmental disparities and can aid in more equitable community planning efforts. Read on >>

NYSG has added new extension specialists to the collaborative regional framework that is strengthening the environmental, social, and economic well-being of Long Island Sound communities. Read on >>

NYSG and FEMA developed ArcGIS story map collections as tools to provide techniques to increase flood and erosion resilience in NY’s Hudson and Long Island regions. Read on >>

NYSG’s new interactive, online dashboard provides information on Great Lakes Basin Small Grant projects’ accomplishments and inspires future applications. Read on >>

NYSG administers a small grants program in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to advance New York’s Great Lakes Basin Action Agenda priorities. Read on >>

NYSG’s Coastal Climate Specialist engages stakeholders with extension programming focused on renewable energy, local climate change impacts, and NY’s blue economy. Read on >>

NYSG developed bilingual resources to alert the beach-going and boating public to weather hazards that impact water-based recreation. Read on >>

NYSG partners with NY’s boating industry to deliver award-winning boating education messaging in diverse, user-friendly formats. Read on >>

NYSG and MARACOOS have developed a network of professionals who collaborate to improve the forecasting, understanding, and prevention of surf-related hazards. Read on >>

Working with Nature: A NYSG Guide to Native Plants for New York’s Great Lakes Shorelines

NYSG responded to the strong need for educational materials on native plants in New York State with a new guide to more than 40 species and their ideal coastal locations. Read on >>

NYSG fosters active communication and synergistic collaboration to enhance the resilience and growth of the State’s seafood industry. Read on >>

NYSG is responding to increasing interest in nutritious blue foods and the emergence of a seaweed industry in New York. Read on >>

NYSG is advancing education about a Threatened fish species with a new curriculum, supplemental teaching resources, workshops, and a virtual field trip opportunity. Read on >>

NYSG engaged educators and teachers from New York’s Great Lakes and Long Island regions in an interactive review of a new marine debris and plastic pollution curriculum. Read on >>

New York City and Westchester County communities are now assisted by New York Sea Grant’s new Long Island Sound Study Outreach Coordinator. Read on >>

A NYSG-developed educational tool virtually connects teachers and students from classrooms to New York’s coastal habitats. Read on >>

The Community Science Long Island 2021 webinar series developed by NYSG and Seatuck, with local scientists and researchers, highlighted the value of getting involved in local resource monitoring. Read on >>

Underway now is NOAA U.S. National Weather Service's #WinterReady campaign, which features a variety of tips to help you better be prepared for seasonal weather hazards. This includes a content refresh on winter storms and fog. Learn more: English; Spanish.

Last month, the Fall Safety campaign and the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season both wound down.

For late-breaking weather watches and warnings this season:

The new regional site pulls together information about current and past regional projects and initiatives – serving as an online hub to access details about efforts in one place for Northeast Sea Grant programs in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.

The new site is not intended to replace or duplicate the wealth of information and resources available on individual state/program pages, but rather to link to program pages and news. Learn more >>

Keep tabs on NYSG's news in between issues of NY Coastlines / Currents via our Web site. Here's a sampling of other stories that have made waves recently in the media, on our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) and via our site's News and topic-based News Archives ...

NOTE: Additional media clips from throughout 2022 will be featured in the extended web version of this double issue of NY Coastlines, which will be online in early 2023.

New York Coastlines is a product of NYSG project C/PC-13 funded under award NA18OAR4170096 granted to the Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of NYSG from the National Sea Grant College Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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