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Photo by ACCA Member Karen Tereshkow

ByGail
Published OnFebruary 18, 2016

Ash Creek

Winter Sunset 2016

ByGail
Published OnJanuary 30, 2016

Photo by one of our members, Joe Luciano. 1/29/16

Ash Creek Clean Ups

Fall Clean Up – November 7

ByGail
Published OnNovember 4, 2015

This year’s beach clean up by ACCA in conjunction with Save the Sound will be held on Saturday, November 7 starting at 10 AM and continuing until noon. Please meet at 10 AM at St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea and look for the…

Audubon Bird Walks

Spring Bird Walk with Milan Bull May 31, 2015

ByGail
Published OnMay 21, 2015

Join Connecticut Audubon bird expert, Milan Bull, on a walking tour of one of the stopover areas along the Atlantic Flyway for migrating shorebirds, located right in our midst at the Ash Creek tidal estuary. Meet at the St. Mary’s Sand…

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