Sunken Meadow Restoration Saga Continues
Sunken Meadow planting is latest step in $2.5 million restoration and resiliency effort
Category: Habitat Restoration
Hard Work Pays Off at Hyde Pond
Volunteers came together in this family-friendly event to restore the stream bank along Whitford Brook in Mystic, CT.
High Praise for Hyde Pond
On Saturday, May 7, Save the Sound, a bi-state program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment, hosted a celebration and volunteer event at the site of the former Hyde Pond Dam. Project leads, neighbors, about 30 volunteers joined forces to plant native vegetation along Whitford Brook where a barrier blocked water flow and fish passage for up to 350 years.
HUGE Turnout for Pond Lily Planting
On April 9, between 150 and 200 volunteers came together with Senator Blumenthal, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, state Rep. Pat Dillon, and other agencies and officials to plant native shrubs and shoots along the bank of the West River in New Haven.
How Can a River be Transformed in Just 3 Minutes?
For the first time in over 350 years, Whitford Brook flows free! Save the Sound, supported by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Patagonia, championed the effort to remove Hyde Pond dam in Mystic, CT. The entire dam removal process was captured on camera and transformed into a time lapse video.
A time to be grateful: The Lorax of the Alewife
He didn’t know it at the time, but in 2011, Rob Vasiluth’s daughter would observe a fish that was to become her father’s passion.
After 150 years, Mystic’s Whitford Brook flows free again
CFE/Save the Sound and the US Fish & Wildlife Service are partnering to take down a dam in Mystic.
A Time to Be Grateful: (Stream)banking on Volunteers
From planting native grasses to walking the banks of urban streams, our Green Projects team counts on volunteers to get the job done.