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,…
