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Environmental report card: More work needed to improve Long Island Sound, local bays
The New London Day 10/10/2024 By Kimberly DrelichDay Staff Writer [email protected] Groton ― The eastern part of Long Island Sound has received a top grade for water quality, while Mystic Harbor and outer Stonington Harbor ranked among the top five bays…
PRESS RELEASE: 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card Released by Save the Sound
Save the Sound 10/10/2024 Nitrogen Pollution Management Leads to Improvement in Open Water Grades; Water Quality in Many Sound Bays Raises Concern The regional nonprofit environmental organization Save the Sound has released findings of its 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card. The…
Long Island Sound Report Card: Using science to tell stories and inspire change
Save the Sound 10/10/2024 Long Island Sound Report Card Using science to tell stories and inspire change Click here to get your copy of the 2024 LIS Report Card! Download past LIS Report Cards: 2022 – 2020 – 2018 – 2016 The Long Island Sound Report Card…
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.…
How’s the Water: Understanding our different water quality monitoring programs
Save the Sound 8/19/2024 How’s the water? It’s the question our water quality team is asked more than any other. And as with most simple-sounding questions, there’s no easy answer. There are about 18 trillion gallons of water in Long…
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…
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…
Saving Seagrass
STORIES IN CONNECTICUT Saving Seagrass See what we’re doing to protect seagrass in Long Island Sound. July 01, 2018 | Last updated January 25, 2024 SHARE A diver off Fishers Island—a roughly 4-square-mile island off the eastern end of New York’s Long…
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…
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,…
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 to make Mystic more resilient to be unveiled at Jan. 4 workshop
The New London Day 12/27/2023 By Kimberly DrelichDay Staff Writer [email protected] Groton ― After more than a year of studying the vulnerability of downtown Mystic to climate change and ways to make it more resilient, project leaders will present potential strategies to the…
Stonington cove gets an ‘F’ in water quality report
https://www.theday.com/local-news/20231130/stonington-cove-gets-an-f-in-water-quality-report/
Environmental advocacy group releases scorecard of legislators’ votes
The New London Day 10/27/2023 Environmental advocacy group releases scorecard of legislators’ votes
Journey of a Water Sample
WindCheck Magazine – Save The Sound Dispatch 10/2023. Water sample MR-0.24 starts its journey at a precise set of coordinates on New York’s Mamaroneck River. © SavetheSound.org Over the 12 weeks of its 2023 bacteria monitoring season, Save the Sound…
Cove residents in Stonington dealing with contaminated wells
The New London Day 8/30/2023 By Carrie Czerwinski, Special to The Day Stonington ― Residents of the Wequetequock Cove area want to know how fecal coliform bacteria and other harmful contaminants are getting into their wells and the cove. In addition,…
Bringing a community-based monitoring network to the Sound’s bays and harbors
Long Island Sound Study 6/8/2023 Every 10 days from mid-spring to mid-fall George Hoffman gets up early in the morning to meet three of his colleagues with the Setauket Harbor Task Force. At the harbor around 5:45 am, they join…
Stonington Harbor Management Commission
Harbor Happenings Newsletter—Volume 12Spring/Summer 2023 Click on graphic to read. https://www.stonington-ct.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif3851/f/pages/2023_harbor_newsletter_final_5-11-23.pdf
Community tackles effects of climate change on downtown Mystic
The New London Day 5/4/2023 Mystic ― Chad Frost has noticed more flooding during rainstorms and significantly more tidal flooding over the past 20 years that he has worked in Mystic. Frost, a landscape architect with Kent + Frost Landscape…
In-Person Preseason Training Prepares Partners for 7th Unified Water Study Season
Save the Sound It all starts with the footwork. “Your feet should be about shoulder-width apart, maybe a little wider,” said Ameera Khan, who went on to detail the proper placement of the dominant hand, and the non-dominant hand, the…
Open house for Mystic resiliency plan to be held May 2
The New London Day 4/26/2023 Mystic ― The Town of Groton is inviting people to attend an open house on the downtown Mystic resiliency and sustainability plan on May 2 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Union Baptist Church. The…
Bill calls for group to develop plan to restore eelgrass
New London Day Hartford ― A bill being considered in the General Assembly would create a working group to study strategies for restoring ecologically important eelgrass along the shoreline. “Eelgrass is an important fish habitat that has declined markedly,” State…
Scott Freeman Gager 1/20/1959 – 1/14/2023
The New London Day SCOTT GAGER OBITUARY Stonington – Scott Freeman Gager of Stonington passed away Jan. 14, 2023. Scott was born Jan. 20, 1959. He graduated from Stonington High School and attended Thames Valley Community College. He worked for…
Report: L.I. Sound water quality mixed
Connecticut Post eEdition Progress cited in individual bays and near open Atlantic Ocean, overall trend indicates plateau or decline in water quality By Vincent Gabrielle BRIDGEPORT — Regional nonprofit environmental organization Save the Sound released its biennial Long Island Sound…
How’s the water? New report details highs, lows of Long Island Sound quality
Stamford Advocate, Vincent Gabrielle Nov. 18, 2022 BRIDGEPORT- Regional nonprofit environmental organization Save the Sound released its biennial Long Island Sound Report Card this week at Captain’s Cove Marina. The report combines 14 years of water testing results in Long…
Water Quality Improvement Leveling Off, Rising Water Temps Raise Concern
Save the Sound Modest Signs of Improvement in NYC, Even as Many Area Bays Struggle LARCHMONT, New York/NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — November 17, 2022 – Regional nonprofit environmental organization Save the Sound released the findings of its 2022 Long Island Sound Report…
Downtown Mystic resiliency workshop to be held Tuesday
Kimberly Drelich – theday.com Groton ― As the town seeks answers on how to better protect downtown Mystic from the effects of sea level rise and climate change, people on Tuesday can share their own experiences and learn more about…
Wequetequock Residents ask for Sewer and Water Service to Help Clean up Ailing Cove
ctexaminer.com — Cate Hewitt, 10.26.2022 STONINGTON — Water quality in the Eastern Basin of Long Island Sound receives generally high marks for cleanliness and health in a 2020 report by Save the Sound, but for one glaring exception on the far eastern…
Southeastern Connecticut Clean Coastal Harbors and Bays Community Action Plan Final Report
Guidance for Community Decision Makers Communities depend upon clean, coastal waters for recreation, tourism, boating, fishing and plentiful seafood. By setting and meeting nitrogen limits in coastal rivers, harbors and bays, we can restore and sustain healthy conditions now and…
Stonington condos to serve as example of green pollution controls
By Marissa Kaika, Special to The New London Day Stonington — The Eastern Connecticut Conservation District will be installing a variety of stormwater management components at a condominium complex in Quanaduck Cove to help prevent contaminated water from flowing into Stonington…
Healthy Yard, Healthy Sound
It’s easy to see how raw sewage or chemical runoff flowing directly into Long Island Sound is bad for the water and for all of us. But it can be harder to see how the chemicals and practices you employ…
Helping Horseshoe Crabs
In response to ever-increasing pressures on our local horseshoe crab populations, we have established a long-term partnership with Charles River Laboratory to provide multiple opportunities to engage in horseshoe crab conservation. In 2018 we expanded our crab monitoring and tagging…
Network Member Spotlight: Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH)
Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH)The mission of CUSH, Inc. is to clean up and protect Fishers Island Sound and its coves, inlets, bays, rivers, and harbors. Their mission is pursued through sustained water quality monitoring and by promoting environmental stewardship through…
Little things add up in L.I. Sound
“Save the River-Save the Hills” whole-heartedly endorses the ideas that Peter Harris offered in his letter to the editor, “A better way to achieve a healthy lawn,” (March 24). Everyone lives in a watershed and everything you do to your…
The role oysters play in the health of Long Island Sound
December 3, 2021 – More than $100 million in federal infrastructure funds will go towards protecting and preserving Long Island Sound. Hear from Soundkeeper Bill Lucey about spending plans, Save the Sound’s priorities, and why oysters are so unique. Plus,…
ROTARY CLUB OF MYSTIC ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF THE 2021 FALL GRANT CYCLE
The Rotary Club of Mystic has announced the nine area 501(c)3 organizations awarded grants from their 2021 Fall Grant Cycle. Each year the Rotary Club of Mystic conducts two grant cycles (spring and fall) for which area 501(c)3 organizations are eligible…
Anguilla Brook/Inner Wequetequock Cove Watershed-Based Plan
Eastern Connecticut Conservation DistrictAnguilla Brook/Inner Wequetequock Cove Watershed-Based Plan
Save the Sound receives funds for Ledyard fishway design
December 08. 2020 Ledyard — The design stage for a new migratory fishway on Whitford Brook will begin early next year, thanks to an award from the Long Island Sound Futures Fund.The $172,000 grant was awarded to Save the Sound…
Grading the bays
The New London Day 10/12/2020 Save the Sound, a nonprofit that in various forms has made waves about the health of Long Island Sound waters for decades, recently issued its 2020 report card on the state of the Sound. This time, however,…
Long Island Sound Report Card: region’s bays range from A to D-
By Kimberly DrelichThe New London Day 10/10/2020 The eastern basin of Long Island Sound ranks high for water quality, as it benefits from lower population density in the region and natural tidal flushing from the ocean, according to the 2020 Long Island…
Sea Grant Connecticut Annual Report 2019
Sea Grant Connecticut Annual Report 2019 Nutrient contributions of the Westerly and Pawcatuck wastewater treatment plants to Little Narragansett Bay and the Pawcatuck River are quantified to understand their role in the proliferation of theinvasive macroalgae Cladophora. Collaborating with the…
2018 Integrated Water Quality Report
Connecticut DEEP 7/2019 All estuarine waters were re-assessed for this reporting cycle using the most recent available information. Dissolved oxygen data collected during the summers of 2016-2017 were used for this reporting cycle assessments. Beach closure information obtained from CT…
CUSH to present annual award to organic land care expert
The New London Day 6/10/2019 Stonington — Clean up Sound and Harbors will present Chip Osborne of Osborne Organics, a nationally recognized expert on organic land care, with its SEA STAR award at its annual meeting from 10:30 a.m. to noon…
2019 Volunteer Water Monitoring Conference
Connecticut DEEP 4/5/2019 Celebrating 20 Years of Volunteer Water Monitoring in CT The 2019 Volunteer Water Monitoring Conference was held on April 5, 2019 at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, CT. The conference was the second such conference to be organized…
Little Narragansett Bay research probes a vexing community problem
Story and photos by Judy BensonSea Grant Connecticut 11/30/2018 Popular for boating, fishing and swimming, Little Narragansett Bay has been plagued in recent years by a nuisance green algae, Cladophora, that spreads across the sea floor in blankets up to three feet…
Stonington appoints members to plastic bags, straws committee
By Joe WojtasThe New London Day 8/22/2018 Stonington — The Board of Selectmen on Wednesday appointed most of the members of a task force that will look into banning plastic bags used by retail stores, and straws and takeout containers used by…
CUSH to hold annual meeting on Saturday
The New London Day 6/3/2018 Stonington — Clean Up Sounds and Harbors will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, June 9, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Latitude 41 restaurant in Mystic. At the meeting the organization is scheduled…
Projects to advance knowledge of LIS water quality, marine life
Sea Grant Connecticut 4/6/2018 Long Island Sound’s marine life and water quality will be the focus of five two-year research projects Connecticut Sea Grant will support in 2018. Proposals by four research teams from the University of Connecticut and one…
Researchers to study whether sewer plants fueling invasive algae in Little Narragansett Bay
By Joe Wojtas The New London Day 4/4/2018 Stonington — A group of marine scientists from the University of Connecticut at Avery Point are preparing to begin a $225,000 study to determine if the discharge of nitrogen from the Westerly and Pawcatuck sewer…
Environmental group CUSH to celebrate 10th anniversary Saturday
By Catherine HewittThe Westerly Sun 10/30/2017 MYSTIC — Clean Up Sound & Harbor, a nonprofit community group working to clean up and protect Fishers Island Sound and its coves, inlets, bays, rivers and harbors, is marking its 10th anniversary with…
Stonington woman’s new nonprofit’s mission is holistic health care
By Brooke ConstanceThe Westerly Sun 10/30/2017 STONINGTON — In 1993, when Gracelyn Guyol received a diagnosis of bipolar II disorder, she started taking an antidepressant and immediately developed rapid-growth breast cysts and tumors. At first, Guyol, a Stonington resident, didn’t…
Aquarium to lead Mystic cleanup on Monday
By Joe WojtasThe New London Day 8/26/2017 Mystic — Volunteers from local schools and businesses led by Mystic Aquarium will once again spend eight hours cleaning debris from a 10-mile stretch of Mystic River shorefront and surrounding areas on Monday. The Mystic…
Uniform water testing program for Long Island Sound promises better data
By Judy BensonThe New London Day 6/30/2017 Stonington — With a sterile glass jar in her gloved hand, Sally Cogan leaned over the side of her small open motor boat Friday morning to scoop some water from the mouth of Wequetequock Cove.…
New water testing program to monitor Long Island Sound’s bays, harbors
The New London Day 5/30/2017 Save the Sound recently announced that it has launched a new water testing program that will dramatically increase available data on the health of Long Island Sound. The bi-state nonprofit organization already issues an annual “report…
CUSH marks 10 years of water quality monitoring, cleanup efforts
The New London Day 5/7/2017 Mystic — Clean Up Sound & Harbors will celebrate its 10th anniversary from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 13 at Latitude 41 Restaurant. The organization’s mission is to clean up and protect Fisher’s Island Sound,…
CUSH Water Monitoring Initiative
By CUSH, Inc. 3/27/2017 LISFF awarded $24,000 Grant to Mystic Aquarium and CUSH Stonington Harbors Water Quality Study and Public Engagement Project We are very excited to be collaborating with Mystic Aquarium on this Long Island Sound Futures Fund project!…
CUSH 2016: Celebrating 10 Years!
By CUSH, Inc. 3/27/2017 Annual Meeting 2016 At our Annual Meeting in December, CUSH Founding President Gracelyn Guyol expressed her gratitude for all the hard work, dedication, enthusiasm, and generosity that has enabled CUSH to grow, thrive and survive through…
What Goes On The Ground, Ends Up In The Sound
By CUSH, Inc. 3/24/2017 What’s up, or almost up? Dandelions!!!! It’s nearly time for our second annual dandelion dig at the Stonington High School baseball field. Stay posted – we’ll be talking to the coaches and watching for the first…
Water Quality of Four Estuaries
By CUSH, Inc. 2/25/2017 DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT Download High Resolution PDF (4.9 MB) > Download Low Resolution PDF (1 MB) > This report adds monitoring results for 2014 to those contained in our previous report,“Water Quality of Four Estuaries in Coastal Stonington…
Please Support CUSH As We Celebrate Our 10th Year!
By CUSH, Inc. 2/2/2017 Please support CUSH as we celebrate our 10th year promoting clean healthy water in and around Stonington and Mystic. Please Support CUSH As We Celebrate Our 10th Year! (PDF)
2016 Annual Meeting At Cottrell Brewery
By Cush, Inc. 12/5/2016 2016 Sea Star Awards for Environmental Excellence 2016 Sea Star Awards for Environmental Excellence were presented to Elizabeth Herron and Linda Green of URI Watershed Watch for “decades of award-winning service to the environment and indispensable…
Airport Plans to Cut Bluff Point Trees
By Groton Open Space Association GOSA Instant! News Alert • 12/15/2016 As many as 40 acres may be damaged. Learn more. Make your opinion known! Airport Plans to Cut Bluff Point Trees (PDF)
Local animal welfare, environmental projects to receive $400,000 in grants
The New London Day 7/19/2016 New London — More than $400,000 in grants for animal welfare and environmental projects in New London County will be awarded to 22 nonprofit organizations, thanks to the bequest of former North Stonington resident Peter Letz.…
Water experts: Future of watersheds in local hands
By Martha ShanahanThe New London Day 3/16/2016 Mystic — Surrounded by tanks of tropical fish Wednesday, University of Connecticut marine sciences researcher Jamie Vaudrey showed the audience a photo of a dark green algae that coats the deep water in Narragansett Bay. “Algae is…
Aquarium to host forum about local water quality
The New London Day 3/7/2016 Mystic — Concerns about water quality in our local area will be the topic of a panel discussion from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 16 at Mystic Aquarium. The forum, titled “Water Quality: From Ground to…
CUSH Annual Meeting and Sea Star Award Presentation 2015
By CUSH, Inc. 11/13/2015 CUSH Annual Meeting and celebration of recent accomplishment and honoring of the 2015 CUSH Sear Star Award recipients. CUSH Annual Meeting and Sea Star Award Presentation 2015 (PDF)
CUSH annual meeting to take place Friday
The New London Day 11/9/2015 Stonington — CUSH (Clean Up Sound and Harbors) will host its annual meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the La Grua Center, 32 Water St. During the meeting, CUSH leaders will present the…
Streamflows in Connecticut Have Worsened
By Rivers Alliance of Connecticut 11/9/2015 We reported two weeks ago a spotty drought and widespread dry conditions. As you may have guessed, conditions have worsened. Streamflows in Connecticut Have Worsened (PDF)
Little Bay Faces Big Threats
By FRANK CARINI ecoRI News • 7/21/2015 ABOARD THE ELIZABETH MORRIS — Little Narragansett Bay is quietly tucked away between its noisier neighbors — Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound. But this watershed on the Rhode Island-Connecticut border plays a…
Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay in need of a cure for poor water quality
By Judy BensonThe New London Day 7/18/2015 Wagging their wide tails as Kait Maginel and David Prescott tossed them back overboard, two lobsters that had shared a wire trap overnight with four spider crabs and a whelk had just been…
Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay Poor Water
By Judy Benson The Day • 7/18/2015 Wagging their wide tails as Kait Maginel and David Prescott tossed them back overboard, two lobsters that had shared a wire trap overnight with four spider crabs and a whelk had just been…
Save The Bay Urges Plan To Save Waterways
By Judy Benson The Day • 7/16/2015 Westerly — Little Narragansett Bay and the lower Pawcatuck River are plagued with high bacteria and nutrient levels, poor tidal flushing, decreased dissolved oxygen levels and thick mats of nuisance algae, prompting a “call…
Stonington may move from pesticides to organics on athletic fields
By Joe WojtasThe New London Day 6/24/2015 Stonington — First Selectman George Crouse said Wednesday that the town will test the use of organic materials on one its athletic fields this fall, and if the pilot project is successful it…
One Community’s Solution to Water Quality Issues
By Tristan Kading Wrack Lines • 6/24/2015 “You know, our bacteria counts have not been too good for this site, so don’t get any of that water in your mouth!” Claire Gavin shouted to me from the shore. One Community’s…
Clean Up Sound and Harbor: One Community’s Solution to Water Quality Issues
Wrack Lines Spring/Summer 2015 Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH) is a grassroots environmental organization that operates out of Stonington, Connecticut, with a mission to improve the quality of the local waters. CUSH was founded in 2007 by Stonington author…
Local Towns Explore Natural Turf Management
By Michael Souza The Mystic River Press • 4/21/2015 STONINGTON — It’s time for a new way of thinking when it comes to taking care of turf. For years, amateurs and professionals alike have relied on chemical fertilizers and herbicides…
For the Environment Committee Public Hearing Testimony of Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
Connecticut General Assembly March 11, 2015 Another very important group in Connecticut that has taken on this same kind of dual mission is Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH), based in Stonington. As the name implies, CUSH is focused on…
CUSH schedules workshop for town, school officials
The New London Day 2/17/2015 Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH) is hosting a full-day training workshop for municipal and school district officials, landscape professionals and residents from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn, 10 Laura…
CUSH testing finds polluted runoff hurting water quality in two coves
By Judy BensonThe New London Day 1/20/2015 Five years of water quality testing at four estuaries in Mystic and Stonington have revealed that Wequetequock and Pequotsepos coves are particularly stressed by high levels of polluted runoff and low dissolved oxygen in…
CUSH Testing Finds Polluted Runoff
By Judy Benson The Day • 1/20/2015 Five years of water quality testing at four estuaries in Mystic and Stonington have revealed that Wequetequock and Pequotsepos coves are particularly stressed by high levels of polluted runoff and low dissolved oxygen…
Water Quality Report Yields Mixed Results
By Michael Souza The Westerly Sun • 1/19/2015 STONINGTON — Water quality in Fishers Island Sound is strongly impacted by tidal flushing, according to a study from one local environmental group. Clean Up Sound and Harbors’ six-year study of water…
Oyster farming and water monitoring program part of annual CUSH meeting
The New London Day 11/12/2014 A program about oyster farming in the Mystic River will be presented as part of the annual meeting for CUSH (Clean Up Sound and Harbors) at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the LaGrua Center, 32…
Annual CUSH meeting to be held Nov. 19 and feature oyster farming presentation
The New London Day 10/27/2014 Stonington — Clean Up Sound and Harbor’s annual meeting on Nov. 19 will feature a presentation on the revival of oyster farming in the Mystic River.The meeting, which is free and open to the public,…
Mystic River eyesore being removed
The New London Day 9/10/2014 Workers from Gwenmor Marine on Tuesday begin to remove a large rotting coal barge that for decades has been part of the Route 27 landscape behind Twisters Ice Cream on the Mystic River. The project…
Rotting Coal Barge To Be Removed From Mystic River
By Photo by Sean D. Elliot The Day • 9/9/2014 Mystic – The large rotting coal barge that for decades has been part of the Route 27 landscape behind Twisters Ice Cream is slated to be removed today and Wednesday…
CUSH to host workshop on natural lawn and turf care
The New London Day 4/30/2014 Stonington – CUSH (Clean Up Sound and Harbors) will host a free workshop about natural lawn and turf care to keep play areas safe from 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 14 at Stonington High School.…
Clean Up Sound and Harbors to host water area gardening workshop
The New London Day 3/19/2014 Mystic — CUSH, Clean Up Sound and Harbors, will host, “From the Ground to the Sound: Earth-Friendly Landscaping for Cleaner Water,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 25 at the Mystic Arts Center, 9 Water…
Clean up Sound and Harbors plans March 25 workshop
The New London Day 3/17/2014 Stonington – Clean up Sound and Harbors will sponsor a free workshop on March 25 about how to create rain gardens, coastal buffers and landscaping that protect area waters from pollution. The presentation will be held…
A Little Mystic History Will Slip Away
By David Collins The Day • 2/4/2014 When I first heard of plans to remove the remains of a rotting barge from a shore of the Mystic River, I felt a small pang, a loss. No doubt this was from…
Too much trash along the coast
Gayle Oko MysticThe New London Day 11/9/2013 The Union Baptist Church of Mystic Team partnered with Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH), Stonington to clean up the Mystic River coastal areas. The amount of trash and garbage that 15 people…
Clean Up Sound and Harbors collected just under 200 lbs. of trash and debris during International Coastal Clean Up Day on Sept. 21.
The Norwich Bulletin 10/14/2013 Clean Up Sound and Harbors collected just under 200 lbs. of trash and debris during International Coastal Clean Up Day on Sept. 21. Members and volunteers cleaned the shoreline around Williams Beach in Mystic. For more information, visit cushinc.org.
Continued monitoring of Mystic River urged in efforts to confront water quality
By Judy BensonThe New London Day 9/12/2013 Stonington – With the increasing presence of invasive species such as Japanese shrimp and sea squirts and signs of declining water quality, continued monitoring of conditions in the Mystic River has perhaps never been more…
Continued Monitoring Of Mystic River
By Judy Benson The Day • 9/12/2013 Stonington – With the increasing presence of invasive species such as Japanese shrimp and sea squirts and signs of declining water quality, continued monitoring of conditions in the Mystic River has perhaps never…
Deteriorating Barge In River Will Be Removed
By Joe Wojtas The Times • 8/22/2013 For decades anyone aboard a boat on the Mystic River or driving along Route 27 has seen a large rotting coal barge behind what was Kitchen Little and is now Twisters Ice Cream.…
Testing The Waters:
Dedicated Volunteers Create Storehouse Of Valuable Data By Leslie Rovetti The Westerly Sun • 8/18/2013 On water-testing day, it’s good to be the coastkeeper. Twice a month between May and October, Save the Bay coastkeeper David Prescott goes out on…
Group Helps To Protect Our Greatest Asset
The Newport Daily News • 8/12/2013 The nonprofit organization, Clean Up Sound and Harbors, which seems to be growing at an exponential rate, is doing something to keep our waterways busy and clean. Group Helps To Protect Our Greatest Asset…
It’s Time To “Boot The Barge”
By Phil Butta Mystic River Press • 7/31/2013 MYSTIC — Two new visitors to Mystic were bicycling down Isham Street one day last week, and as the man and woman rounded the corner to Bay Street, the woman came to…
Workshops offer tips on organic lawn care, gardening
The New London Day 4/30/2013 Stonington – As part of its “Sound Friendly Gardening” program, CUSH, Clean Up Sound and Harbors, is bringing Charles “Chip” Osborne to Stonington to conduct a third round of workshops on May 14 on transitioning from…
Conversion to organic gardening, lawn care is topic of CUSH program
The New London Day 3/7/2013 Stonington – The group Clean Up Sound and Harbors will continue its series of workshops March 14 on transitioning from chemical gardening products to natural lawn and turf management practices. The workshop is free and will…