Category: Habitat Restoration
The Pequonnock Plant-a-thon: 2100 plants, 70 volunteers, 1 clean river.
Press Release: “Plant-a-thon” celebrates fish passage opening
River herring migrate safely for first time in 70 years, volunteers plant 2,100 native plants
Long Island Sound Citizens Summit a Success!
Over 90 participants spent a productive day discussing how to preserve Long Island Sound into the future
Guest Post: LIS Citizens Summit–Time to Speak for Birds and Wildlife!
Sandy Breslin, Director of Governmental Affairs at Audubon Connecticut, talks about the importance of speaking out for the birds at the Long Island Sound Citizens Summit on Friday in the next post of our series.
Guest Post: The Nature Conservancy in New York on NY’s Environmental Protection Fund
For 20 years, New York’s environmental agencies have used the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to protect water, air, parklands, and working farms, all while creating high quality jobs.
Dam removal benefits fish and people
Connecticut’s landscape contains nearly 5,500 dams, many of them small dams that once served a purpose but are no longer needed and are in bad shape. Removing them can reduce flood risk, help fish reach upstream spawning grounds, and generate jobs for skilled engineers.
Let’s Rebuild All U.S. Fish Populations and Prevent Overfishing
What Long Island Sound fish is a hard fighter, voracious eating machine, and plays baseball in Bridgeport, Connecticut?