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July 2013 – Fresh off the completion of a major conservation and management plan for Aspetuck Land Trust’s Trout Brook Valley preserve, Connecticut Audubon Society’s conservation biologists have embarked on similar projects for the Norwalk Land Trust and the town of Orange. In Norwalk, our Conservation Services staff is working on Hoyt Island, which covers […]
Read more...July 2013 – Connecticut Audubon Society’s Science in Nature program, inaugurated just nine months ago, has already brought more than 2,000 students from Bridgeport, Meriden and Fairfield to our sanctuaries for outdoor conservation education designed to complement their classroom studies. These students are the first to participate in Science in Nature, which is the foundation […]
Read more...May 2013 – Like good parents, we don’t make judgments about which of our 19 sanctuaries are better than the others. We love them all. But that doesn’t mean others can’t render a judgment. The editors of Yankee Magazine have done just that, choosing Trail Wood and the Bafflin Sanctuary, in northeast Connecticut, as the […]
Read more...Updated June 7, 2013, with results of each bill … Connecticut Audubon Society is working in partnership with several conservation organizations to help pass legislation in Hartford in 2013. Click on each bill in the list below for details. Bills We SupportAn Act Concerning the Application of Pesticides in Municipal Parks, SB 914 (changed to […]
Read more...Fairfield, Ct., Feb. 22, 2013 – Concerned with the dramatic decline of 17 species of birds that nest in Connecticut and eat only insects caught while flying, Connecticut Audubon Society today called for a multi-agency program of research and assessment along with immediate remedies such as cuts in pesticide use and the creation of man-made […]
Read more...MERIDEN, CT., January 14, 2013 – Connecticut Audubon Society has been awarded a $49,000 3M Eco Grant to bring its innovative Science In Nature outdoor education program to approximately 650 Meriden public school students. The program will be conducted at Connecticut Audubon’s Center at Glastonbury, where the Meriden students will spend 8 hours in […]
Read more...Participating Conservation Scientists from Connecticut Audubon Society Reviewed Six Critical Habitats Along the State’s Coast and Found Major Erosion that Could Hinder Vulnerable Coastal Breeding Birds January 10, 2013 – In the days after Hurricane Sandy hit the coast, Connecticut Audubon Society’s conservation staff made field visits to six important habitats in the state and […]
Read more...November 2012 – If you find yourself on the trails of our Larsen Sanctuary in Fairfield these days, keep your eyes and ears open for unusual activity. You may see movement in the distance and, with leaves falling and covering the ground, you’re likely to hear feet scuffling loudly (or maybe not if there’s snow). […]
Read more...November 2012 – When Hurricane Sandy hit, the dunes we constructed last year at Stratford Point to control erosion did their job, protecting the point from a storm surge that might have inundated an area extending well beyond our coastal restoration project. Built of long, geo-textile tubes filled with sand and soil, and covered with […]
Read more...WESTON, CT. Jan. 2, 2013 – After a 12-month conservation and management study of its popular 1,009 acre Trout Brook Valley Conservation Area, Aspetuck Land Trust today announced new trail use policies that carefully balance the protection of one of the region’s most important ecological areas with the use of the preserve for hiking, dog-walking […]
Read more...October 2012 – Banks Farm South, 60 acres of meadows, wetlands and forest, hearkens back to Fairfield’s early farmland history. Wedged between a golf course and a gated community on the Fairfield-Westport town line, the sanctuary was originally owned by John Banks in the seventeenth century and has been farmed almost continually since. Robert and […]
Read more...October 2012 – Connecticut Audubon Society’s Center at Glastonbury is celebrating its 30th anniversary this fall by highlighting its key role in Connecticut Audubon’s statewide education program. Founded on October 2, 1982, the Center at Glastonbury has been a gathering place for residents of Glastonbury, South Glastonbury, Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, Portland, Manchester, East Hartford, Hartford, […]
Read more...September 2012 – Connecticut Audubon Society is pleased to announce that longtime Board member Ralph Wood, of Glastonbury, has been named Chairman our Board of Directors. Elected at our annual meeting on September 13, Ralph leads a board that includes a new Vice Chair, a new Secretary and one new Board member. Ralph takes over […]
Read more...September 2012 – More than 500 students, including the entire 2nd through 8th grade at Bridgeport’s Park City Magnet School, will be participating in Connecticut Audubon Society’s innovative Science in Nature education program starting in September. Science in Nature uses a three-tiered approach – focusing on geology, climate/weather and adaptations – to show students how […]
Read more...July 2012 – Children today spend far less time outdoors interacting with the natural world than previous generations did. As we noted in February in our Connecticut State of the Birds 2012 report, “Where Is the Next Generation of Conservationists Coming From?” we think that will have serious implications for conservation in coming decades. There […]
Read more...Connecticut Audubon Society and representatives of other conservation organizations participated in the ceremonial signing of the state’s new open space law by Governor Dannel P. Malloy on July 19 at the Session Woods Wildlife Management Area, in Burlington. The new law makes major improvements to the state’s process for acquiring and keeping track of protected […]
Read more...Connecticut Audubon Society’s EcoTravel program invites you to join us on one of our many exciting travel adventures. Whether you are an avid birder, general nature lover or a novice who wants to learn and have fun, the EcoTravel staff and expert guides will help you experience the birds, animals, history, culture and sights of […]
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