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Specific tasks included:
1) Build a contact database of fishing clubs, towns, rod and gun clubs, sporting groups, and other community organizations in the Project Area and reach out to them with a list of opportunities to participate in one or more elements of the Fish Lead Free program.
2) Schedule and deliver at least 8 programs about Common Loons and Fish Lead Free to contact groups in the . . . read more!
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Protect and restore wintering habitat in Belize for migratory birds that breed in CT.
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On July 28, 2023, approximately 73.43 acres were acquired on the Fort Morgan Peninsula in Alabama and incorporated into Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge (BSNWR). The newly acquired land on Navy Cove was once the site of a settlement known as "Pilot Town". It was named for a community of bar pilots that helped ships navigate sandbars in Mobile Bay from the early 1800s until the town was destroye. . . read more!
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Located on the western edge of the lower Kenai Peninsula is the community of Port Graham, the ancestral inhabitants of the Kenai Fjords and a thriving coastal culture. The Port Graham area boasts abundant marine mammals, fish, shellfish, birds and plants that remain vital to the residents of Port Graham and the surrounding villages. The focus of this project is an extensive road network that was c. . . read more!
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Great Meadows Marsh is one of Connecticut's most extensive remaining tidal salt marshes. Like many other marshes in the state, Great Meadows Marsh has been drastically altered since the 1700s. Originally extending over 1,400 acres, the marsh has decreased in size by over 50%. Portions of the marsh were drained by mosquito ditching and filled in with dredge spoils, leading to the spread of invasive. . . read more!
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The Moosup River currently supports one of the most important cold water fisheries within the Quinebaug River and the larger Thames River Basin as well as the State of Connecticut.The Moosup River originates in Rhode Island and flows south and then west through the Connecticut towns of Sterling and Plainfield where it meets the Quinebaug River. The 16 mile Moosup River is one of five main tributa. . . read more!
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Engage local citizens in citizen science projects to educate townspeople and to promote the stewardship of natural resources.
Beginning in the spring of 2009, the program engaged Canterbury volunteers in five citizen science projects: Vernal Pool Survey, Grassland Bird Habitat Survey, Mammal Monitoring, and two
water quality projects: StreamWalk and Rapid Bioassessent in Wadeable Streams and R. . . read more!
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The Connecticut Subcouncil of the Housatonic River Natural Resource Trustees provided funding to the non-profit Salisbury Association Land Trust to acquire the 38.8-acre Belter property in Salisbury, CT. Located along the western shoreline of the Housatonic River, the property includes a former agricultural field containing layers of sandy, well drained loam that was deposited by hundreds of years. . . read more!
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Between 1926 and 1986, the Remington Arms Company operated a trap and skeet shooting range at Lordship Point, a peninsula along the Long Island Sound in Stratford, CT. The Remington Arms Gun Club (later known as the Lordship Point Gun Club) was a popular shooting range where shooters fired lead shot at clay pigeons (brightly colored clay targets in the shape of inverted saucers) launched over upla. . . read more!
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To compensate for the injuries to natural resources in the Delaware Estuary as a result of the M/T Athos I oil spill, funding was provided to restore oyster beds in Delaware Bay. Oyster reefs provide many ecological benefits in coastal bays and estuaries. Numerous species of fish and crabs take up residence in the cavities and crevices, and sessile organisms including barnacles and mussels settle . . . read more!
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To compensate for injuries to migratory waterfowl caused by the M/T Athos I oil spill, the Trustees conducted a habitat enhancement project at the Eagles Nest Wildlife Area (formerly known as the Blackbird Reserve Wildlife Area until 2015). The Wildlife Area is predominately forested with areas of open agricultural lands. In an effort to maintain habitat heterogeneity and increase wildlife habitat. . . read more!
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The major restoration actions prescribed for streams, wetlands, and lakes in the Coeur d’Alene Basin Restoration Plan emphasize the habitat functions and values of native plant communities. Native willows are typically a very important part of these plant communities and the projected need for these plants during restoration is likely to exceed their availability in the local natural environment. . . . read more!
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The Woodlands Acquisition, Management, and Recreational Enhancement Project involves the acquisition of approximately 650 acres in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, along with management and recreational enhancements on the property. The property is located southeast of New Orleans, just south of English Turn and southeast of Algiers. The property encompasses contiguous bottomland hardwood (BLH) fore. . . read more!
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This land acquisition is in the town of Deer Isle, Maine and is known as "Hardhead Island". The island is approximately 5.25 acres located in western Penobscot Bay and has a long history of supporting a variety of seabirds including: black guillemots, common eiders, common terns, double-crested cormorants, great black-backed gulls, and herring gulls. Over 90 pairs of common terns have nested o. . . read more!
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The primary objective of this project was to restore or enhance loon productivity in Waldo County, Maine. Tasks included conducting an initial survey of Waldo County lakes to assess loon nesting habitat and determine potentially suitable areas for placement of artificial nesting platforms, conduct a summer survey on target lakes to identify the presence of territorial loon pairs, capture and colo. . . read more!
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Provide public access to Beach Pond by purchasing property and constructing a public boat launch.
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To compensate for injuries and interim losses sustained by marine birds, the Julie N Oil Spill Natural Resource Trustees contributed $25,000 to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) to be used toward the $945,000 purchase price of Flag Island, one of the most important seabird nesting islands in Casco Bay. Flag Island is located in the eastern section of Casco Bay. It inclu. . . read more!
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The Bartlett Rod Shop Company Dam was a 20-foot-tall stone masonry dam on Amethyst Brook, a tributary of the Fort River in western Massachusetts. Located in Pelham, the dam was originally built in 1820 to power a gristmill. In 1864, the Bartlett Rod Shop Company purchased the mill and used it to manufacture split bamboo fly and bait rods for recreational anglers. The mill later became a woodworkin. . . read more!
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The Manhan River is a 27.6-mile-long tributary of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts. The Manhan River Dam, also known as the Easthampton Waterworks Dam, is a six-foot-tall concrete dam that was constructed in the early 1900s to create a backup water supply for the City of Easthampton, MA. The dam was also used to provide hydropower for the city until 1947. The first dam at this locati. . . read more!
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Freshwater mussels are important bioindicators in the riverine ecosystem. Adult mussels are largely sessile and help purify the water as they filter feed on small organic particles. Freshwater mussel populations are in decline due to habitat loss and degradation, pollution, alterations in water flow, intense flooding, the loss of host fish, and disease. Mussels are frequently under-surveyed since . . . read more!
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