Meet Your Greens with Julianna McVeigh and Bill Lucey

Moving Climate and Clean Water Action Forward in CT

Hear how Save the Sound moves climate and Clean Water action forward in the state. Our Soundkeeper, Bill Lucey, will describe his work on the Long Island Sound, collecting data and turning it into action at the capitol and then into action on the water. Then, Julianna McVeigh from the Doherty Climate and Resilience Institute will discuss the Connecticut Coalition for Climate Action’s efforts on climate action through work policy, grassroots mobilization, and marketing.

Admission is free. Please join us!

About the speakers:

Bill Lucey grew up fishing in local CT waters before earning a Fisheries Biology B.S at the University of Vermont, and a graduate certificate in Fisheries Management from Oregon State University. He served in Guatemala as a Peace Corps fisheries extensionist before moving to Alaska for 20 years where he worked as a federal fish & wildlife biologist, commercial fisherman, NOAA marine mammal stranding responder and a municipal biologist and coastal program coordinator. In 2014, he became the director of the Kauai Invasive Species Committee with the University of Hawaii. Research over this time focused on beluga whales, harbor seals, pacific salmon, forestry and the risks of toxoplasmosis in the Kauai’s watersheds.  Since 2017, he has patrolled the rivers and estuary of Long Island Sound finding pollution and advocating at the CT and US Capitals for clean water and fisheries legislation.

Julianna McVeigh, a Doherty Climate and Resilience Institute Campaigns Manager, joined Save the Sound in September 2024 and is working to connect climate data to action through policy and storytelling, as an integral part of the Doherty Institute for Climate & Resilience. Julianna holds a BS in Public Health Education from William Paterson University of New Jersey and a Master of Public Health focused on health policy and climate change from Yale School of Public Health.