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WATER WEDNESDAYS!!! Join staff and volunteers at the Children’s Museum of Southeast Connecticut for hands-on sessions about water and our coastal communities. This program is a collaboration with Save Oswegatchie Hills Coalition founders and Niantic River Watershed Committee. July 12 – Niantic River Watershed What’s a watershed? Where does its water come from, and where…

East Lyme students win award for documentary on environment Three East Lyme High School seniors recently won an award for a documentary that tries to bring the issue of preserving open space and the environment to the forefront. Click here to read this article by Kimberly Drelich of The Day.

CT DEEP Posts Interactive RBV (Riffle Bio-assessment for Volunteers) Story Map to Website Using recent and historic RBV data, DEEP has created a story map showing where each of the RBV ‘most wanted’ insect types have been  found in CT. RBV, or Riffle Bio-assessment for Volunteers, is a methodology for assessing the relative health of…

Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound Releases 2016 Long Island Sound Report Card. Read more at CFE/STS.

Hazard mitigation plan for region being updated To make the region less vulnerable to hurricanes, floods and severe winter storms, local officials are updating a hazard mitigation plan that will identify actions that should be taken to reduce the most significant risks. Click here to read this article by Judy Benson of The Day.

Nonprofit awarded grants in effort to preserve open space in East Lyme, Waterford A nonprofit focused on sustainable forest management was awarded two state grants to help preserve land in East Lyme and Waterford, as part of its larger goal to protect area forestland. The New England Forestry Foundation, based in Massachusetts, is receiving the grants under the state Department of Energy and…

New four-town trail opening Saturday A 14-mile trail connecting protected forests and fields in East Lyme, Salem, Lyme and East Haddam will open Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the western trailhead at Chapel Farm Preserve in East Haddam. Read this article by Judy Benson of The Day here.

Group seeks to save the preserve East Lyme — The coalition working to prevent development of 236 acres adjacent to the Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve sought to build support for its efforts as its long battle with the would-be developer continues. Read this article by Judy Benson of The Day here.

NRWC Awarded Funding to Conduct Manure Management Outreach and Education The Niantic River Watershed Committee, Inc. has been awarded funding from the Dominion Foundation to conduct manure management outreach and education to small farms and livestock owners in the Niantic River watershed. Nitrogen and fecal bacteria are the two main pollutants that affect water quality…

Beachgrass Restoration at Niantic Bay Boardwalk On April 9th, the East Lyme Public Trust Foundation, Inc., under the direction of Project Manager Jim Gallagher, and with the assistance of the East Lyme Parks & Recreation Department, CT Sea Grant and students from East Lyme High School and UConn-Avery Point, planted beach grass in dunes along…