18 Reasons 2012 Was a Good Year for Conservation

We inaugurated a Master Naturalists program in Pomfret. Photo courtesy of Paula Coughlin.

For Connecticut Audubon Society, 2012 was a year of accomplishments, milestones, celebrations and conservation successes. Here are 18 reasons why. Follow the links for details.

Conservation

• We restored 28 acres of rare coastal habitat at Stratford Point, in collaboration with Sacred Heart University and the DuPont Corp.
• We completed a management plan for Aspetuck Land Trust that balances conservation and public recreation at Aspetuck’s 1009-acre Trout Brook Valley preserve
• Working with state wildlife biologists, we confirmed the presence of rare New England Cottontails on our Richard G. Croft Memorial Preserve, in Goshen, and we continued a restoration project to improve 15 acres of cottontail habitat there.
• As part of the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbird Conservation, we monitored and protected scores of nest sites on the shore for vulnerable Piping Plovers, American Oystercatchers and Least Terns. To read more, click here…