Saturday, December 21, 2024

Environment

Connecticut Audubon Sounds Warning On Use of Pesticides

By Barbara HeimlichEditor Sources: Viktoria Sundqvist, CTNewsJunkie; Audubon Society’s Annual Report, Connecticut State of the Birds** 2024** ; Leavenworth, Staff Writer Hearst CT Media A widely used pesticide in Connecticut is "the new DDT,"...

Lake Success Business Park Update

Corteva AgriscienceSporting Goods PropertiesTom Stilley, Corteva Remediation Group Leader Tom Stilley, Corteva Remediation Group Leader, opened the update meeting at the Lake Success Business Park...

21 New Trees Line Lordship’s Esplanades

Lordship Improvement Association and Town Collaborate on Tree Locations and Native Varieties By John Florian More trees are coming in the town-wide program, with fall being best...

Fall Clean-up Tips for a Pollinator Yard

By Barbara Heimlich, Editor Sources: Smithsonian Gardens; The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Pollinator Partnership Pollinators are in trouble, but you can help! 7 Things You Can Do...

Coastal Restoration Coalition Formed

Protection of Long Island Sound Slated By Barbara Heimlich, Editor Sources: Audubon Connecticut, New York, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, The Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ducks...

Lake Success Business Park

Community Advisory Panel (CAP)Meeting & Bus TourWednesday, October 9, 2024Lake Success Business Park, 615 Asylum Street, Bridgeport Corteva Agriscience, aka Sporting Goods Properties, Inc., is...

West Nile in Stratford

First Pool of Mosquitoes in Stratford Test Positive for West Nile Virus Andrea Boissevain, Director of HealthNew York Times The Stratford Health Department announced that the...

Spotted Lantern Fly

How to spot them, and what to do about them By Joseph Koripsky Last fall, for the first time, I observed numerous adult Spotted Lanternflies (SLFs)...

Urban Green and Community Garden Grant Program

Access Road Arboretum Project State Representative Joe Gresko, (D), 121st Connecticut House District, announced that he helped secure a $281,840 grant for Stratford to create...

Stratford Tree Walk

Stratford Summer Tree WalkMonday, July 1st, 5:30 p.m.Meet at the Paradise Green Gazebo I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree.A...

Pollinator Day at the Judson House Historical Gardens

Sponsored by the Stratford Historical Society The Judson House Historical Gardens, on the grounds of the Stratford Historical Society, held its annual Pollinator Day celebration...