This year's Summit began revising Long Island Sound's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) with a vision for the next two decades. Participants imagined the Sound in 2034 and then brainstormed how to get us there.

We started the day with a talk by Wesleyan professor Johan Varekamp on Adriaen Block, an early explorer of Long Island Sound. In the main presentation, Albert Appleton, former commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, told listeners that a sustainable future for Long Island Sound depends on citizen support and action.

Participants broke into discussion groups to talk about their priorities for each of the plan's four focus areas: Water and Watersheds, Habitats and Wildlife, Sustainable Communities, and Science and Management. Here are some of their top goals for the future of the Sound: 

• Better public access 
• Stronger use of data in decision-making
• More projects that improve water quality throughout the Sound and the waters that flow into it 

After the groups reported back to the entire Summit, a government action panel with speakers from New York and Connecticut talked about how to implement the ideas.

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