Artist Donates Ash Creek Painting
Gail Bell, a local landscape painter, is doing a series of paintings on Ash Creek. She donated half the proceeds from the sale of the painting of Ash Creek shown above at our December 5th event. We held a Silent…
Gail
ACCA Joins Rooster River Watershed Plan Steering Committee
Ash Creek/Rooster River Watershed from Ash Creek Conservation Assoc ACCA has been asked to joint the Steering Committee of the Rooster River Watershed Action Plan. Ash Creek is the tidal portion of the Rooster River Watershed. (See our PowerPoint presentation above for…
St. Mary’s Barrier Spit Before and After Hurricane Sandy
Before and after photos of St. Mary’s barrier spit. The top row of photos shows the barrier spit prior to Hurricane Sandy and the bottom row shows the barrier spit after Hurricane Sandy. The tide rushed over the entire length…
Ecological Master Plan Presentation on December 5
Our Fall event is free and open to both members and the public. We look forward to seeing you at 6:30 PM at the Fayerweather Yacht Club at 51 Brewster Street on Wednesday, December 5th. The ecological consultants who have been working on the grant-funded…
Fall 2012 Clean Up of Ash Creek
Special thanks this year to Aidan O’Brien, who coordinated our Fall Clean Up with other Fairfield Prep students on Saturday, October 6th. Thanks also to Charlie Carroll at the City of Bridgeport for noon time pick up of the trash and debris from…
City of Bridgeport Parks Master Plan for Ash Creek
The Parks Master Plan for the Black Rock section of Bridgeport was presented to the Black Rock NRZ at their June 2012 meeting. In it, Adam Wood described plans for the barrier beach at the mouth of the Ash Creek…
Grants Fund Ecological Master Plan for Ash Creek
GRANTS FUND FIRST ECOLOGICAL MASTER PLAN FOR ASH CREEK TIDAL ESTUARY Fairfield County Community Foundation Donates $5,000; Watershed Assistance Small Grants Program Donates $5,000; and Ecological Consultants Offer In-Kind Donations for Ash Creek Conservation Association Project BRIDGEPORT, JULY 2012 –…
Understanding the Rooster River Watershed
Spring Clean Up 2012 – April 7
Please join us for the Spring Clean Up of St. Mary’s and the Ash Creek shoreline on Saturday, April 7 at 9 AM at the sand spit at St. Mary’s. Bring trash bags and wear long sleeves/pants and gloves (poison ivy!). Thank you…
Oil Spill Clean Up Underway
On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 our Council Representative, Sue Brannelly, notified us that she had received a complaint of a strong oil smell at Grovers and Balmforth. As a result, the City Depatment of Health went out, called in the DEEP…