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. (AP) — A sand spit that protects part of the coastline straddling Fairfield and Bridgeport is eroding and could leave the area vulnerable to flooding and other damage if measures aren’t taken to replenish it, a local environmental group says.
A report by a New York-based consultant has estimated that continued erosion and storms could make the spit disappear in 15 years, according to a report in the Connecticut Post.
The spit acts like a sponge, and breaks the waves coming off Long Island Sound. Without it, the inland residential areas bordering Ash Creek as well as the tidal ecosystem within the creek could be threatened. Roughly 200 homes could be affected.
“Like global warming, it’s not too late to act, but we’re on the precipice,” Gail Robinson, president of the Ash Creek Conservation Association, told the Post.
IMPORTANT
Please concentrate your email campaign on the Mayor’s office.
We have had no response from the Mayor. This information needs to get attention above the level of the Parks Department, namely the Mayor’s office. Please ask the Mayor to respond to us on this issue.
$110 million in Federal funds will be flowing into Bridgeport. We have a shovel ready plan from 2014 to restore the sandspit. Let’s help Bridgeport see this as a priority to use some of those funds for habitat restoration of the sandspit, so that we prevent our sandspit from disappearing and with it, our tidal wetlands. Thank you!
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We are providing a PDF copy of the slide show, so you can look closely at the photos (click on the link below) and more easily share the presentation with others:
We’ve also attached the scientific sandspit analysis from Bryan Quinn of OneNature and Dr. Stephen Danzer (2021). Click on the link above in blue.
Please express your concerns about the erosion of the sandspit. Ask that Bridgeport use federal funds for habitat restoration of the sandspit. You can forward this newsletter so that the Mayor cannot say he has not received a copy of the sandspit report and our presentation.
Send an email to the following:
Mayor Ganim mayor@bridgeportct.gov
Thank you.
