Clockwise from top left: Honey Locust, Red Maple, Black Chokeberry, Arrowwood, and Pin Oak. On October 13th, Oliver Nurseries planted 3 native trees and 6 native shrubs in the sunny eastern area of the Preserve at St. Mary’s. These trees will grow and provide shade which…
Article on Sandspit in Sunday CT Post Today Please take a moment to read the article published in the CT Post and Fairfield Citizen above. Please also read the replies to the article and make a comment. It’s good that Bill Hurley, head of Fairfield’s…
Article in CT Post and Fairfield Citizen on Sandspit Please take a moment to read the article published in the CT Post and Fairfield Citizen above. Please also read the replies to the article and make a comment. It’s good that Bill Hurley, head of…
Sandspit Covered by Associated Press and Channel 12 The Associated Press has picked up the article, which means it is being distributed to newspapers across the United States and online through blogs and news feeds. The article begins… FAIRFIELD, Conn.…
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the UWS was delayed from its May start date to June 12 while protocols and indemnification forms were adapted to meet the new safety standards. Last year we used the Aquaculture School boat, captains, teacher, and students…
A group of citizen scientist volunteers has been formed to document the community work with regard to cleaning up Black Rock Harbor. Pete Spain, Kevin Blagys, and Jon Fatigate are leading the way starting with a Facebook page, which they created on February…
Save the Sound Website Coverage of First Annual Black Rock Water Quality Summit Was it really just a few months ago that nearly 100 of us gathered together at the Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School on February 26, 2020? Seems like…
Journalist Christine Woodside recently won an Excellence in Journalism Award for her investigative series “Sewage Overflows: Legal But Tainted” from the CT Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. We previously posted her articles in our newsletter last year about the serious sewage problems in…
Park Restoration at the Preserve at St. Mary’s COVID-19 changed our plans to organize volunteers to plant the meadow with clover and maintain the park by pulling out the invasive plants. There will be no organized group events this year, therefore…
Update on the Ash Creek Pedestrian Bridge At a recent public meeting with State Representative Steve Stafstrom, we learned that the Ash Creek Pedestrian Bridge is finally moving ahead. The hold up had been with the developer of the Fairfield…