Like many fishermen, I’ve used menhaden, or “bunker,” as bait. It’s hard to believe, but when you’re holding one of these small, oily fish, you’re holding a big piece of history. Menhaden have had a major impact on the economy and ecology of our Atlantic coast for centuries, supporting a multimillion-dollar fishery and feeding marine […]
If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter, then you’ve heard about the Live Chat we are holding from 2:30 – 3:30 P.M. today on Twitter with Senator Richard Blumenthal to discuss how Hurricane Sandy impacted our coastline and Long Island Sound.
Last week, we penned an op-ed on Hurricane Sandy for the Hartford Courant, which ran in Sunday’s edition.
Hurricane Sandy brought tremendous devastation to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Millions of residents of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey are without power, and many are dealing with severe damage to their homes from storm surge flooding, wind, fire, or fallen trees.
We in Connecticut remember far too well last year’s Tropical Storm Irene. Our shoreline was hit hard and parts of the state are still rebuilding in the aftermath of the storm. Two months after Irene hit us, we were then walloped by another major storm, an October blizzard, that knocked our power out across much […]
I admit to having felt a bit of both envy and nostalgia a month ago when I read my Save the Sound colleague Kierran Broatch’s account of catching blue crabs in the backwaters of the Connecticut River on his blog, The Connecticut Yankee.
The best way to see “The Hills” is from the upper reaches of the Niantic River in East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut. The “Last Mile” is, as far as we can tell, the last undeveloped mile of salt water frontage on the Connecticut coast. The Hills rise from the river to nearly 100 feet elevation […]
