SOUNDWATERS

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SoundWaters, Inc. is a non-profit education organization dedicated to protecting Long Island Sound and its watershed through education. Annually SoundWaters offers shipboard and land- based programs to 35,000 children and adults from Connecticut and New York. The schooner SoundWaters is the platform for a variety of programs includes seamanship, navigation, helmsmanship, and field exploration of marine ecosystems. SoundWaters crew includes environmental educators, biologists, naturalists, and a licensed captain. In addition, SoundWaters, Inc. operates the SoundWaters Community Center for Environmental Education, featuring educational exhibits and displays, classroom and community meeting space, a wet lab, and cutting-edge “green” construction. The organization also conducts many free outreach programs, which are offered through public schools and community centers.

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