Aspetuck Land Trust was awarded a Long Island Sound Futures Fund grant to plant 30 native plant buffer gardens in Bridgeport totaling 6,300 SF. The buffer gardens are designed to act as filter for water that flows from upland areas…
Our journey began in March 2021 with the first scientific study which we commissioned to understand the extent of the erosion in Ash Creek after a particularly drastic dredging operation in the channel to the marina that affected the barrier…
There are many studies required before any restoration technique can used in a tidal wetland. The fieldwork includes: a historic aerial analysis, cultural/indigenous land use history, topographic/bathymetric surveys, habitat assessment (marsh plants, fish, shellfish), tidal monitoring/datum, resource delineation, sediment/geotechnical characterization,…
On February 6, 2024, Laura Wildman, PE, Vice President of Ecological Restoration at Save the Sound (STS) announced a $600,000 grant had been awarded to STS for restoration planning at Ash Creek. This grant will cover a one year period.…
The high tides and flooding from January deposited a large volume of marine debris on the banks of Ash Creek. On February 4, in an impromptu clean up, a crew of ACCA volunteers filled 8 large bags with plastic bottles,…
September 12 early morning Unified Water Study Tier I sonde profiling trip #11 in Bridgeport Harbor with volunteers Kevin Blagys, Rick Landau, Jeff Burress, and Michael Curran.
Early morning, September 28, 2023, UWS Tier I sonde profiling in Bridgeport Harbor, our 10th of this season. One more month to go. Good thing, it is getting very cold out there! We had a special guest, Jim Casey, University of…
ACCA held a CT Audubon bird walk with Milan Bull on October 12th.
On October 10 & 11, 2023 we completed the work of planting 500 American Beach grass plugs inside the enclosure at the barrier spit. We want to thank 17 students from Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture Science & Technology Education Center, teachers Holly-Turner…