Tag: Niantic River
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As more beds open along eastern shoreline, shellfish industry better poised to grow
As more beds open along eastern shoreline, shellfish industry better poised to grow By Mary Biekert Day staff writer Published February 22. 2020 8:27PM | Updated February 25. 2020 10:04AM Local shellfishermen and experts say the opening and upgrading of several shellfish beds along the eastern shoreline is cause for celebration, with the industry now in a better…
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Public-Private Partnership Seeds 100,000 Oysters in Niantic River
Public-Private Partnership Seeds 100,000 Oysters in Niantic River CT Examiner Published on November 27, 2019 in East Lyme/Environment by Christopher McDermott EAST LYME — Shellfish experts deposited about 100,000 juvenile oysters into the Niantic River on Saturday, as part of a $10,000 public-private partnership plan by the Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission to bolster the river’s oyster population in an effort to…
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Niantic River Headwaters Community Forest conservation complete
By Staff reportsPosted Dec 5, 2019 at 5:00 PM The New England Forestry Foundation recently completed conservation of 200 acres of critical habitat at its Niantic River Headwaters Community Forest in East Lyme. This project was undertaken in two phases: NEFF first conserved 166 acres of the forest in 2017, and then protected an adjacent 34-acre parcel in 2019. Final…
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NRWC Receives Funding From 2019 Long Island Futures Fund Grant Program
The Niantic River Watershed Committee is excited to announce that we have received funding from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Long Island Sound Futures Fund grant program to conduct the Healthy Lawns, Healthy River outreach campaign in the Niantic River watershed beginning in the spring of 2020. Read more about the award here. To…
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Revival of Waterford solar plan reason for concern
Save the River-Save the Hills would like to inform the public about an ongoing threat to the water quality of the Niantic River and two of its major tributaries (Oil Mill Brook and Stony Brook) in Waterford. The developer of a proposed solar array installation, which was “denied without prejudice” by the Connecticut Siting Council…
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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.