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By: Alexa Eason, Cal McKenna, Kayla Campanelli and Sawyer Spelman ​ The purpose of this wiki is to raise awareness of some major threats to Long Island Sound. The Connecticut, Housatonic and The Thames rivers flow into the watershed and the Sound. Some threats can contribute to current health problems if we do not protect LIS. Or it will start to lose animals and fade away. As you probably know, the animals that live in the Sound are very important to the Sounds health. The Housatonic is impacting the Sound in bad and good ways.

​ **Watershed: Consists of a network of water and land that eventually joins at one location.** The water from the Housatonic watershed flows into the Sound by rivers that connect to the Housatonic river, so they go into the Sound.
 * The Long Island Sound is in danger please help. **

The two states that surround LIS are Connecticut and New York. Long Island Sound stretches into Canada.

The Sound is known for it's famous oysters. The bluefish makes the LIS it's home for only part of the year.

​ Here are 10 things that you can do to help save Long Island Sound:
 * 1) Conserve water, fuse, electricity
 * 2) Clean up your pet waste
 * 3) Don't litter or throw stuff down drains
 * 4) Leave grass clippings so it can get nutrition
 * 5) Wash your car on a grassy areas
 * 6) Reduse
 * 7) Reuse
 * 8) Recycle
 * 9) Preserve wet lands
 * 10) Use eco-friendly/non-toxic chemicals

There are 3 possible impacts to the climate change in Long Island Sound.
 * 1) Rising sea level
 * 2) Beach erosion
 * 3) Flooding

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Pathogens are dieases causing bacteria and viruses that enter the sound from badly treated sewage and animal waste.

The decline in Ospreys was caused by a pesticide called DPT.

Hypoxia is caused by over fertilization.

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Conclusion

Now, that you know everything that can help and what lives in the Sound. Try the solutions we suggested to help and protect Long Island Sound.Find some ways that can help Long Island Sound. In ways possible that can clean and make it safe.