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July 30, 2018
On July 25th and 26th, NRWC, with the assistance of the East Lyme School Department, the Department of Public Works and volunteers from the MIllstone Environmental Stewardship Team, installed a 480-square foot rain garden at the East Lyme High School. Rain gardens catch rain water from hard surfaces like driveways, parking lots and rooftops and…
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Feb. 23, 2018
Report card on coastal health ranks Sound’s shoreline habitats as ‘fair’ A group of federal and Connecticut scientists have rated the overall health of the Long Island Sound’s coastal habitats in Connecticut as “fair” in a new report based on scores measuring their size, connectivity, resilience and species diversity. Click here to read this article by Martha Shanahan of…
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Nov. 27, 2017
Hobby Farm BMPs Hobby Farming With Water Quality In Mind: A Guide to Successful Backyard Farming While Protecting Our Water Resources provides guidance to hobby farms and small production farm owners. Click on the link above to visit the website, learn more about this project, and download the Hobby Farming manual.
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Nov. 27, 2017
Save Oswegatchie Hills The Oswegatchie Hills are a fragile coastal forest located in southeastern Connecticut on the Niantic River, a tidal estuary that flows directly into the Long Island Sound. The Hills teem with wildlife and encompass rugged forest, vital wetlands, and spectacular rock formations. Click here to visit the Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the…
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Nov. 27, 2017
Op-Ed/Guest Opinions: Shellfish proposals sign of healthier waterways If you live next door to a town park, you might sometimes share your neighborhood with vendors who sell their produce at a farmer’s market, young soccer players and families cheering them on, or community gardeners who rent plots to grow tomatoes and green beans. These groups…
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Oct. 17, 2017
Grand Street Water Quality Improvement Project The Eastern Connecticut Conservation District and Town of East Lyme are installing twenty tree wells in the 55-acre Grand Street neighborhood to improve water quality in the Niantic River. Storm water from the Grand Street neighborhood currently flows into storm drain pipes under the road and is discharged into the Niantic…
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Sept. 11, 2017
Tree filters planned to treat stormwater in downtown Niantic East Lyme — Plans are underway to install tree filters this fall in the Grand Street area of town, with the goal of improving the environmental quality of the Niantic River and its watershed. Read this article by Kimberly Drelich at The Day here.
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Aug. 7, 2017
Connecticut’s ocean economy grew in 2014, report shows Connecticut’s ocean economy grew by nearly 1 percent during 2014, with the tourism and recreation sector employing the most workers, and the ship and boat building sector contributing the highest value in terms of wages, according to a new federal report. The report, by the National Oceanic…
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July 25, 2017
Eelgrass on Decline in Narragansett Bay, Coastal Ponds KINGSTON, R.I. — Michael Bradley calls eelgrass “the canary in the coal mine for estuarine health.” The flowering plant that grows beneath the surface of coastal waters and salt ponds provides nursery habitat for shellfish and finfish, while also dampening wave energy, stabilizing sediments, and serving as…
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July 13, 2017
Come Celebrate East Lyme Day!! Join NRWC members on Main Street this Saturday for East Lyme. Learn about the watershed and activities NRWC has undertaken to preserve and protect the Niantic River.