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The Conservation Commission is partnering with local conservation groups to Host a Wednesday night environmental lecture series on climate change. Continue Reading →
The family-friendly event features 40+ groups, all with information and activities. The event is free and open to the public. There will be face painting, a free raw bar and tours of the schooner SoundWaters, a Marine Police boat, and a shellfish barge. Come learn about all the seps being taken to protect the Sound and its creatures. Continue Reading →
The annual Mianus River Fishway Open House is set for Saturday, May 4, 2019, 11:00am-1:00pm (Rain date: Sunday, May 5, 2019, same time) Continue Reading →
The flashing green light inside the lighthouse on Great Captain’s Island was installed in the cupola in 2012. “That’s a channel marker you’d normally find on a buoy. It’s a channel marker inside a lighthouse!” – Ian MacMillan, Greenwich Harbor Master Continue Reading →
The idea of a pollinator pathway is to connect natural areas by creating pollinator friendly pathways – enhanced with native flowers, shrubs and trees creating the feeding grounds for pollinators – bees, bats, birds, butterflies, moths, and other insects. Continue Reading →
This year new participants include a seaweed farmer from The Kelp Farm with information and seaweed tasting, plus an oyster cage fishing boat, face painting a caricaturist, and much more. This is a great, family friendly event! Continue Reading →
In Greenwich a Reusable Checkout Bag Ordinance goes into effect on September 12, 2018. Plastic checkout bags will no longer be available at any business establishments operating in the Town of Greenwich starting September 12, 2018, though there are some exemptions. Continue Reading →
“Adoption of the State Water Plan is in jeopardy. The opposition is being led by the water utilities and some legislators are listening. The utilities are concerned with language in the plan that refers to water as a public trust resource. …This language simply reflects current state statute.” – Denise Savageau Continue Reading →
In his budget Peter Tesei has proposed not replacing retiring Denise Savageau as head of the Conservation Commission, but instead to have one person lead both Wetlands and Conservation. Not everyone agrees it is a good idea. Continue Reading →
Conservation Commission director Denise Savageau said it’s difficult to know how much salt water intrusion there was in Binney Pond last week, given there was significant snow and rain coming downstream. The new plantings around the pond were completely submerged. Continue Reading →