Concern for Bafflin Sanctuary in Pomfret Prompts Connecticut Audubon to Oppose Killingly Power Plant

November 9, 2016 – The Connecticut Audubon Society has called on state officials to reject a proposal for a new power plant in Killingly, near the organization’s Center at Pomfret and 700-acre Bafflin Sanctuary.

In a letter to the Connecticut Siting Council, the organization said it is concerned that noise from the plant would affect both wildlife and the 15,000 people who visit the Center at Pomfret and Bafflin Sanctuary each year. It called on the Siting Council to heed the opposition of local and statewide environmental organizations and reject the proposal.

In the letter, dated November 2, Connecticut Audubon Executive Director Nelson North wrote: “The Center at Pomfret and the Bafflin Sanctuary sit only a mile and a half from the proposed plant. Our concern is that noise and air pollutants will change for the worse the experience of the 15,000 people who visit each year. Noise and air pollutants are also a risk to the birds and other wildlife that rely on the sanctuary’s grasslands, shrubby fields, marshes, swamps, and forests. Read more …