Gail

Gail

  • Joined: October 11, 2022
  • Articles: 102

Aspetuck Land Trust Buffer Gardens

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…

ACCA’s Journey to Save Ash Creek

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…

Laura Wildman of Save the Sound Explains Stage One of Saving Ash Creek

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,…

Ash Creek Clean Up

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,…