This week’s post for Observation Friday picks up on our sailing adventure in the far western reaches of Long Island Sound. Our own Curt Johnson shares with us a wonderful day on the water with two friends and colleagues. After saying goodbye to Chris Cryder, a great companion who trained home Tuesday night, I said hello to Nancy […]
Today we pick up on the Save the Sound sailing journey in New York. Over the past few days, Curt Johnson and Chris Cryder have sailed down Long Island Sound from Branford stopping in Bridgeport and Darien. On Monday, after spending the night moored off Remington Beach, Curt and Chris canoed into Bridgeport and met […]
Yesterday, Curt Johnson and Chris Cryder of CFE/Save the Sound set out on a week-long journey traveling Long Island Sound by sailboat. Curt and Chris will be docking in several locations in Connecticut and New York along the way, including Bridgeport, Darien, Mamaroneck, Oyster Bay, and Port Jefferson, to meet with local advocates and elected […]
Last week, the New Haven Register wrote a story about dead menhaden littering the banks of the Quinnipiac River recently. While the cause of the die off of thousands of bunker fish in the Quinnipiac River is not yet known, there is a likely scenario—and it’s one that does not spell environmental doom.
This past Wednesday, elected officials representing 14 municipalities in Long Island formally established the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee. The signing of the Inter-Municipal Agreement codifies the relationship between the municipalities who have been working together since January 2010 at the recommendation of Friends of the Bay.
If you have spent time on Long Island Sound this summer, especially between Rye, New York and Old Saybrook, Connecticut, perhaps you’ve spotted black patches of water among a sea of blue. At closer inspection the dark, nervous water may have appeared moving or boiling with splashes. This is the scene I’ve been witnessing every […]
According to the New London Day, a small, 20-foot female humpback whale washed up ashore in Stonington yesterday. The whale was found floating at a beach in the Lords Point area. Officials state that the whale had been dead for about a week and was brought to shore by the tides from Fishers Island Sound. […]
