Category: News
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June 26, 2020
Shaken up by COVID-19, shellfish industry moves to reinvent itself By Mary Biekert Day staff writer Published June 20. 2020 6:23PM | Updated June 21. 2020 8:19PM In any given week, Stonington Farms Shellfish co-owner Tim Giulini typically sells 5,000 oysters to a Boston-based distributor, as well as some hundreds more to Mystic’s S&P Oyster Restaurant and Bar. But after the…
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August 16, 2018
NOAA SCIENTISTS MONITORING CONNECTICUT AQUACULTURE Julie Rose and Renee Mercaldo-Allen, NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Milford Laboratory Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center laboratory in Milford have been working for the last two summers in Long Island Sound to document environmental benefits provided by Connecticut’s oyster…
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August 13, 2018
Niantic River Watershed Protection Plan Update The Niantic River Watershed Protection Plan (NRWPP) is twelve years old and is ready for an update! NRWC has received funding from the Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source grant program through CT DEEP, the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut and Kleinschmidt Foundation to conduct the Plan update.…
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August 13, 2018
Living Ecosystem Project Pamphlets The East Lyme Public Trust Foundation has produced three informational pamphlets, “Living Ecosystem of Niantic Bay Beaches.” The pamphlets provide information about three important features of Niantic Bay beach ecosystems – shells, seaweeds and beach plants. To download these pamphlets and learn about other projects being conducted by the East Lyme…
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August 13, 2018
The US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) Southern New England Coastal Program in partnership with USGS and the University of Rhode Island Data Center have released a report on efforts to map submerged aquatic vegetation, including eelgrass, in Long Island Sound. The goals of the 2017 Long Island Sound survey were to: 1) conduct a…
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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.