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Pat Sesto, Greenwich’s Director of Environmental Affairs, addressed the RMA on Wednesday. It was the first in a new RMA speaker series: “Greenwich: What Does the Future Hold?” 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 weather held for most of the Experience the Sound event on Sunday. Beachgoers wandered up to the Bruce Museum Seaside Center with buckets of creatures to have them identified, watch the Osprey Cam, and learn about shellfish and various conservation efforts in Town. 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 →
Updated with full schedule of activities! Continue Reading →
The theme for the 11th annual Experience the Sound event was “From Streams Through Soil to Sea,” emphasizing that Greenwich’s ecology is connected to Long Island Sound. Continue Reading →
The Bruce Museum Seaside Center in Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich, opens for the summer season on Sunday, June 26, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., celebrating with the Town of Greenwich Shellfish Commission’s event Experience the Sound: From Streams Through Soil to Sea. Continue Reading →
Board a boat at the yacht club docks (The Soundwaters Schooner, Greenwich Police Boat, and a clam boat). Check out Greenwich Community Sailing (sailing instruction, canoe rental and paddle boarding). Explore the Bruce Museum Seaside Center, which will have its season opening. Enjoy a free raw bar with Atlantic Clam Farms and Hemlock Oysters. Learn about crew, scuba, fishing and clamming as well as environmental conservation with several community partners. Continue Reading →