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Reporting on the Preservation & Protection of New England Waterways and Habitat & on Environmental News in the Six NE States and Adjacent Regions

Joined February 2013
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New Vaccine Prevents Field Mice From Becoming Carriers Of Lyme Disease pctonline.com/article/us-bio…
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Weyerhaeuser Drops Plans For Huge Residential/Commercial Development In Maine Wilderness mainepublic.org/post/timber-…

Timber Company Wants To Pull Plug On Moosehead Development

A timber company wants to pull the plug on a massive development plan for Moosehead Lake that was years in the making and approved a decade ago, but that…

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Two Connecticut EEE Cases Reported, One Fatal theday.com/article/20190920/…
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Lantern Fly Invading New England turnto10.com/news/local/an-i…

An invasive species of bug nearby causing New England concerns

There's an invasive species of bug that is not in most of New England -- yet. However, it has made its way to the Mid-Atlantic states. It has the potential to kill all kinds of trees and fruit, and...

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Balloons Deadliest Trash for Seabirds ecori.org/natural-resources/…
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Biological Predators Being Used To Attack Invasive Species Across Connecticut courant.com/news/connecticut…

Biological Predators Being Used To Attack Invasive Species Across Connecticut

There is a savage biological war going on across Connecticut’s fields, forests, lakes and ponds. It’s an unseen conflict pitting foreign fighters recruited from around the world against a host of...

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Volunteer Commissions Struggle to Monitor #OpenSpace Conservation Easements in Much of Connecticut #SaveLand ctexaminer.com/2019/07/12/vo…

Volunteer Commissions Struggle to Monitor Easements in Old Lyme

Volunteer government in Old Lyme struggles to monitor town easements dating back to the 1980s

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Offshore #WindPower Makes Big Moves Across the Northeast acadiacenter.org/offshore-wi…
The Terrifying Unknowns of an Exotic Invasive Tick Invading the Northeastern US wired.com/story/the-terrifyi…
NE Commons Job Opportunity - River Steward Connecticut River Conservancy ctriver.org/connecticut-rive…
Two NorthEast #LandTrusts Team Up To Preserve 2400 Acres In NY’s #Adirondacks #SavingLand #ForeverWild newildernesstrust.org/2019/0…
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Surge of #Ticks Expected in the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Due to Wet, Mild Winter #Lyme #LymeDisease snacksafely.com/2019/04/surg…
Septic system & fertilizer runoff causes oxygen content of #LISound bays, estuaries & inlets to vary widely, stressing ecosystems. ctexaminer.com/2019/05/23/qu…

Quality of Shoreline Water Lags in Inlets and Bays

“The bays are panting instead of taking normal breaths,” said Jamie Vaudrey, a professor of Marine Sciences at UConn who studies nitrogen loading in Long Island Sound. “They cycle between having very...

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Eight New England Waste Incinerators On “Dirty Dozen” List Of #AirQuality Polluters tishmancenter.org/4-4-millio…
Great White Shark Off Connecticut Coast Near NYC Is Good News For Water Quality In Western #LongIslandSound abcnews.go.com/US/great-whit…

Great white shark spotted in Long Island Sound for first time ever: Researchers

The Great white shark measures nearly 10 feet long, researchers said.

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Road Salt is Turning North America's Freshwater Lakes into Saltwater vice.com/en_us/article/gv7xw…
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As The US #Recycling Crisis Grows, Boston’s MIT Develops #RoboticTech To Sort Single Stream #SolidWaste bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
Connecticut Shoreline Town Bans Single-Use Plastic Straws, Styrofoam Food Packages #plasticpollution patch.com/connecticut/westpo…

Westport Bans Single-Use Plastic Straws, Styrofoam Food Packages

Westport is again at the forefront of environmental preservation efforts.

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Distributed #solar power & energy conservation in New England produces long-term decline in electrical demand on NE grid nhregister.com/business/arti…

No Sweat: Connecticut, New England have enough electricity for summer ahead

Officials with an organization that coordinates electric power grid reliability in the...

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One million species face extinction, U.N. panel says. And humans will suffer as a result. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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