EXPERT PANEL Panelists consisted of: Tim Bishop, Town of Fairfield Department of Conservation Rob LaFrance, National Audubon Society (CT Chapter) James O’Donnell, Director, CT Institute on Resiliency & Climate Adaption Becky Bunnell, Chairwoman, Fairfield Flood & Erosion Control Board Gail Robinson,…
On a rainy, windy evening on October 19th 60 people attended ACCA’s fall event, an expert panel discussion on “Why Ash Creek Matters.” Milan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation for Connecticut Audubon mentioned that 250 different species of…
The Ash Creek Conservation Association hired two environmental experts, a wetlands scientist, Dr. Steve Danzer, and an ecological landscape designer, Bryan Quinn to review the plantings by the City and provide suggestions for habitat improvements going forward. We’ve shared copies of the report with both…
This morning the City planted 300 containers of American Beach Grass, 50 Beach Plum shrubs, 50 Sand Cherry shrubs, and 50 Staghorn Sumac bushes at the sand spit. They didn’t prepare the soil and don’t plan to water the plantings (please click on Read More at bottom). The forecast doesn’t call…
The City of Bridgeport will begin plantings tomorrow along the area facing the Sound, where the beach grass plantings had been scraped off earlier this summer. The City met with the Ash Creek Conservation Association, the Black Rock NRZ, and…
ASSESSMENT OF STORM DAMAGE TO ST. MARY’S SAND SPIT, ASH CREEK The Ash Creek Conservation Association asked Steven Danzer, Ph.D., who has his doctorate in Natural Resources and is also a Soil Scientist (listed by the Society of Soil Scientists…
A Letter to the Editor, by retired Bridgeport public nurse, Edie Cassidy, was published on August 11, 2011 in the Connecticut Post. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Creek presents real danger In reference to Gail Robinson’s letter last week about the…
Thank You! We want to thank all 68 signers to the Letter to the Editor, which appeared most recently in The News (of Bridgeport’s North End and Black Rock) on July 28, 2011 in addition to publication by the Connecticut Post and Len Grimaldi’s Only in Bridgeport blog. …
HABITAT RESTORATION TIMELINE June 13, 2007 DEP Permit for Dredging Issued: CTDEP COP-2007-098-SJ to the Town of Fairfield to dredge the channel using the City of Bridgeport sand spit as a staging area. The permit required the area to be restored…
You may have seen a barge with a derrick and heard pilings being driven in Ash Creek between March 17 and March 24. Several members of the Ash Creek Conservation Association witnessed this and took photos. ACCA contacted the DEP on…