DARIEN LAND TRUST INVITES COMMUNITY TO

CELEBRATION OF THE WOODS & STREAMS- JUNE 10th

 

The Darien Land Trust and Friends of Selleck’s Woods invite the Darien community to a Celebration of the Woods & Streams –

Links to Long Island Sound, a free event of fun and learning for children and adults at Dunlap/Selleck’s Woods * on Sunday, June 10th from 11 AM – 3 PM.

 

Funded by a grant from the Long Island Sound Study, the event will offer exhibits, games, food, music and the beauty of one of Darien’s loveliest Open Spaces.

 

Among the activities will be a series of Woodland Exhibits and Nature Guides along Discovery Trail, including Frogs, Turtles & Snakes from our Woods & Streams; Native Plants v. Invasive Plants; I Spy Corner and bird identification; Pony Tree and tree identification; Vernal Pond, Dunlap Lake & the Critters in them; Butterfly Gardens; Building Fairy Houses and Nature Photography. There will also be a series of Village Exhibits; Audubon at Home – Lawns & Plants for Birds; SoundWaters Shows the Watershed; Project services for the I-95 Rest Stop Restoration; Storm Water Run-off and Non-Source Point Pollution, as well as tips on How to Green Your Garden.

 

Come one, come all and join in the Celebration of the Woods & Streams.

 

*Head towards Norwalk on the Post Rd., turn right at Rory’s Restaurant onto Kings Hwy North. Immediately after you go over I-95, turn right onto Parklands Drive and continue past the office buildings. There will be signs for the parking areas.

 

Contact: Shirley Nichols 203.655.4148

 

ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVENT: A HUGE SUCCESS

We give thanks to our hosts, Nielsen's Florist, for providing the beautiful green house venue and refreshments, and also thank the sponsors that provided raffle prizes:

Nielsen's Florist                Barrett Bookstore           

Orvis                              Soundview Millworks

WildBirds Unlimited          Bling

Rings End                      

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LAND TRUST STEWARDS WALK THE NOROTON RIVER
TO CHECK THE FISHWAY LADDER




The Darien Land Trust is half way through a four year project to restore an ancient herring migration route up the Noroton River that was interrupted by the construction of I-95 in the 1950’s.

Herring, (in our case Alewives) are anadromous, living most of their lives in salt water but migrating back to spawn in the fresh water of their birth.

Working with the CT Department of Environmental Protection’s Inland Fisheries:

  • For the past three springs we have stocked our lake at Olson Woods with 400 pregnant herring. Their offspring will spend their lives in the Atlantic Ocean, but will return after three or four years to Olson Woods Lake in order to spawn.
  • To check for potential obstacles, we have walked every step of the two-mile stretch of the Noroton River from the I-95 culvert to the lake.
  • We have taken over 200 water-level readings at the culvert. This will allow engineers to determine what type of fish ladder will need to be constructed to allow the herring to swim upstream.

The fish should start returning in 2013 and we eagerly await the sight of one of nature’s phenomena as hundreds of herring return to Olson Woods Lake.

Thank you to all our members who help support these programs. If you would like to become a member please click here.

 

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment”
~ Jane Austen

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