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Stormwater Management Guidance Manual for use in Multi-Unit Residential Areas

Long Island Sound Study 8/27/2024 This manual was developed for the Long Island Sound Futures Fund project Improving Water Quality through Green Infrastructure in Quanaduck Cove and Long Island Sound (CT), aimed at implementing Stormwater Management Green Infrastructure Best Management Practices. The goal of the project was to mitigate the impact of stormwater runoff on water […]

Preservation groups worry about future of herring

The New London Day 4/22/2024 By Daniel DrainvilleDay Staff Writer [email protected] Stonington ― Maggie Favretti, first chair director of the Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed, said Sunday she sees “at most” six or seven river herring when counting them in a narrow area of the Mystic River. March through May is when the fish ― […]

Why are alewives disappearing?

The New London Day 3/28/2024 By Steve Fagin Kevin Job’s favorite memories of growing up in Norwich involved fishing for stripers with his dad in spring, when enormous schools of alewives would swim upriver. “We’d see 10,000 in one night. The whole river would turn silver,” he recalled the other day. Over the years, though, Job […]

Downtown Mystic Resiliency & Sustainability Plan Final Report

Town of Groton 2/2/2024 Downtown Mystic is one of the quintessential historical and cultural resources of New England. Although its location along the banks of the Mystic River has helped the area prosper, it also makes Mystic vulnerable to climate change impacts. In response to Mystic’s climate change vulnerability, the Town of Groton hired GZA […]

Blumenthal, local officials urge action during tour of Groton sites vulnerable to flooding

Blumenthal, local officials urge action during tour of Groton sites vulnerable to flooding Groton Town Manager John Burt (left) and Megan Granato, the Town of Groton’s sustainability and resilience manager (right), talk with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., (center) Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, about flooding issues during a stop on Gravel Street in downtown Mystic. […]

Climate study suggests flooding solutions for downtown Mystic

The New London Day 1/7/2024 Groton ― Improvements to the stormwater system, rain gardens, and a study of raising low-level roads are among potential solutions to help protect downtown Mystic from increased flooding in the face of climate change. Draft recommendations from a study that the Town of Groton and consultant GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. conducted […]

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