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Nitrogen (N) from residential lawn fertilizer is one of the most challenging and persistent problems impacting the health of Long Island Sound (LIS). An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Clark University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Maryland, and the University of Miami collaborated on an effort to better target education and outreach campaigns to reduce the use of lawn fertilizer in areas of greatest impact. 

This Story Map and the associated Lawn Fertilizer Outreach Targeting Tool can help identify areas of the watershed for which interventions to reduce lawn fertilizer may have greater impacts.

Municipalities are encouraged to use the Sound Ideas for Clean Water brochure in their outreach efforts. The website and brochure outline steps that residents can take to reduce stormwater runoff that can cause pollution and flooding. For more information about this campaign, contact the outreach coordinator for your area (listed here).