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​ By: Jessica Newbury, Evan Pelkey, Wyatt Bennett and Abby Cowles

You will see a visual tour of the L.I.S.that will show and explain about plants and animals. Learn what a watershed is and how it relates to the Sound. How do the rivers flow into the Sound? Find out now. Finally, learn more about the current health of the Sound. Also find out how you can help protect our own L.I.S!  If we do not protect the Sound, wildlife may become extinct. You can help by not polluting and littering in areas of watershed or even anywhere just in case. You can also help by not washing your car on the driveway. Wash your car on the grass because if you wash it on the driveway the soap suds will get into the stormdrains faster. If the sound is not protected then pollution would get into the Sound and the species could die. The Housatonic river impacts the sound because it leads into the sound and if the Housatonic is polluted then the sound is polluted. The main threat of the Sound is hypoxia, which is when the oxygen is being taken out of the water. Another threat is pollution. The Sound is important because its a home to a lot of species and without the Sound these species would have to go somewhere else where they' re not native. One sollution is to put up signs to tell people not to pollute the Sound. Another sollution is to stop using fertilizer for your lawn because it causes hypoxia in the sound.

A __Watershed__ is the area of land that catches rain,snow, etc....and drains into a river, marsh... The water from our local watershed, the Houstanic, goes into the sound by collecting all the water and eventually emptying into the sound.  Take a look at our Mini Tour of L.I.S.!!! Click this link- [] the username is benedictd and the password is litch22. Then click OPEN and click the JESSICA AND ABBY file name and that is our webspiration page. ENJOY!

The health of LIS is sometimes questionable, But here are five facts we know for sure are true.

1. Hypoxia is caused by pollution,

2. Hypoxia takes oxygen from the water so fish cant breathe.

3. Fishermen are reeling in fish with diseases.

4. The population of Blue backed herring are declining because Striped Bass are eating them.

5. Pathogens get into shell fish and when people catch them and eat them people get sick.

Click this link to see the Invasive spieces page-[] Click this link to see the Photo Story Slideshow-

**__The Grande Finale__** Now I hope you have realized that the Sound is a very important place, and we hope you will help save it too. The Sound is very important and it takes a big part in our society. Some ways we can help are: 1. Don’t pollute, because that causes hypoxia. 2. Don’t dump things on the ground because it all ends up going down the storm drain and it gets into the Sound. 3. Make sure to wash your car on the grass, because if you wash it on the driveway it ends up in the storm drains. Now you know why the Sound is important and you can help save it too!