Invasive Plants- Phragmites

…of Invasive Phragmites. Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative: www.greatlakesphragmites.net/pamf/about-pamf/ Phragmites – Distinguishing the Native from the Non-native. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/DOCUMENTS/Publications/Brochures/PhragmitesHandoutF2pdf.pdf?la=en Controlling Invasive Phragmites in Connecticut Wetlands. https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/wildlife/pdf_files/habitat/PhragControlpdf.pdf?la=en\n\n…

Migrating Under a Microscope

…Conte Lab), located in Turners Falls. Known to be one of the top fish research labs in the world, the lab specializes in the study of fish passage. It sits…

Let’s Go

…individual or group, submit a nomination! Let’s celebrate those shaping a sustainable future for our community. For additional details and to download a nomination form visit rockfallfoundation.org/environmental-awards. Riverfront Recapture Events…

A Great Gathering

…the shore. They thought we’d run aground.” Decades of observing the swallows and scientific studies have answered some of the questions Roger Tory Peterson posed 26 years ago, for example:…

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…information about Google Analytics, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can opt out of Google’s collection and processing of data generated by your use of the Site by going to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Information from…

The Taste of Home

…657-1004 www.crystalridgewinery.com crystalridgewinery@gmail.com Black Birch Vineyard 108 Straits Road Hatfield, MA 01066 (413) 247-3300 www.blackbirchvineyard.com La Garagista 1834 Mt Hunger Road Bethel, VT 05032 (802) 291-1295 (please text) www.lagaragista.com lagaragista@gmail.com\n\n…

Below the Surface- Returning Home

Andrew MacDonald calls out the length measurement of an adult alewife while Kate Littrell records the data and collects a tissue sample from the fish. Image courtesy of Sally Harold….

Connecticut River Museum at 50

…travel. Lucianne Lavin, author of Connecticut’s Indigenous People, called the rivers, streams, and sound “the major highways by which Woodland peoples communicated and traded.” Native Americans navigated by carefully observing…

Let’s Go

…23, 2024, at Wesleyan University. Learn more about what’s happening along the Connecticut River’s 410 miles and help the museum celebrate its 50th anniversary by sharing your river story. Visit…

Green Bullets

…piles. Our research showed how scavengers like condors were vulnerable. I spoke at the California Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting, explaining where the lead was coming from—up to four hundred…

Gateway Commission at Fifty

…Old Saybrook today comprise the eight communities that make up the Connecticut River Gateway Commission; each with a defined portion of the Conservation Zone that encompasses the Connecticut River shoreline…

Among the Birds

…Tory Peterson Estuary Center was launched in 2015, beginning with the highest standards possible for an environmental education program for schools and a free environmental lecture series for the general…

Worlds Apart

…and docks of Middletown and its 5,400 residents. It was the times and unique circumstances of his coming-of-age in this maritime community, without land to farm, that eventually led him…

The Connecticut- Meet the River

…a degree in interior design from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Edie has worked as a graphic designer, book illustrator, and commissioned artist, and works with wood, paper, and textiles. www.twiningdesign.com

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topics and to write, illustrate, and edit our blog’s content. What won’t change is our deep appreciation for your comments and feedback. Gratefully, \n\n Ralph T. Wood Editor, Estuary Blog\n\n…

Let’s Go

…Foundation Celebrate Environmental Champions You’re invited to celebrate Rockfall Foundation’s 2024 Environmental Champions and 2024 Environmental Grant recipients on Wednesday, October 9, 6–9 p.m., at Rockfall’s deKoven House Community Center….

Estuary for Young Readers #14

…told the room full of citizens of Saybrook that they should wait to ask their questions or make a comment until I had finished my remarks. I cleared my throat…

Elizabeth Mine

…related to the Elizabeth Mine, refer to Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development online publication, From Copperas to Cleanup, at https://accd.vermont.gov/document/copperas-cleanuppdf. \n\n Map showing location of Elizabeth Mine Site.\n\n…

Maple Sugaring

…are becoming more common. Don Malenfant, left, and James Buck monitoring the syrup temperature and density. Evaporator features have evolved over the last 100 years, but all aim to concentrate