May 9, 2012 – The Connecticut General Assembly’s session ends for the year at midnight tonight but the House still has not voted on SB 347, An Act Concerning the State’s Open Space Plan. Please call or email your local House member now and ask him or her to vote for SB 347. You can […]
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Action Alert: Support Improvements to Connecticut’s Open Space Plan
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012Legislative Action Alert
Friday, May 4th, 2012We sent this action alert to our members yesterday, urging them to call their legislators in Hartford to take action on two important bills: We need your help to get two important bills passed before the Legislative session in Hartford ends. The first bill is SB 347, An Act Concerning the State’s Open Space Plan. […]
Two Victories in Hartford: Legislators Defeat Pesticide Bill and Cell Tower Bill
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012There’s good news out of Hartford, where two changes to state laws that would have been bad for Connecticut’s environment have been defeated. The first, “An Act Modifying the Ban on Pesticide Applications on School Grounds” (SB 5155), would have rolled back a law that banned the use of so-called cosmetic pesticides on school lawns […]
Proposed Power Line Will Create Habitat for Bird Species Whose Populations Are Declining
Thursday, April 19th, 2012We are always on the lookout for ways to improve bird habitats in Connecticut, particularly for species such as Prairie Warbler, Blue-Winged Warbler and Brown Thrasher that are becoming uncommon precisely because of habitat loss. That’s why we are supporting a proposal by Connecticut Light & Power to construct a new 345 kV power line […]
Opposition Increases to a Bill That Would Allow Cell Towers in State Parks
Thursday, April 19th, 2012The Connecticut Land Conservation Council announced this morning that, like Connecticut Audubon Society, it is opposed to a bill in Hartford that would allow cell towers to be built in state parks. The Council is a coalition of land trusts, statewide conservation and advocacy organizations, town conservation and open space commissions, garden clubs and private […]
With Connecticut Audubon Society Support, Open Space Bill Clears a Big Hurdle in Hartford
Saturday, April 14th, 2012A bill we are supporting that would improve Connecticut’s process for protecting open space took an important step forward yesterday when the state General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to send it to the full Legislature. Called “An Act Concerning the State’s Open Space Plan” (SB 347), the bill seemed on the verge of dying […]
Connecticut Audubon Society Opposes a Bill in Hartford to Weaken Pesticide Regulations
Friday, April 6th, 2012The Connecticut General Assembly is considering a bill that would undo a ban on the use of so-called cosmetic lawn pesticides at schools in Connecticut. This ban has successful prevented Connecticut’s school children from being unnecessarily exposed to hazardous pesticides, and it has had the added benefit of keeping those pesticides out of our environment. […]
Protect Piping Plovers in Stratford With a Modest-Sized Boardwalk
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012March 28, 2012—It will come as no surprise to Connecticut residents that unspoiled natural habitat on Long Island Sound is rare. We have miles and miles of shorefront development – condos, houses, subdivisions – putting the squeeze on small patches of salt marsh and strips of beach. And in the warm weather most of those […]
We’re Backing a Bill To Improve the State’s Open Space Policies
Monday, March 26th, 2012For a number of years in our annual Connecticut State of the Birds report we’ve called for improvements in the way the State acquires, manages and keeps track of protected open space. This year there’s a bill before the General Assembly that we think will do that, and which also has a reasonably good chance […]
Panelists Chosen for March 14 Forum in Glastonbury
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Rachel Caldwell, a local college student and a Connecticut Audubon Society volunteer, has joined the panel for our March 14 community forum in Glastonbury, “Where Is the Next Generation of Conservationists Coming From?” Our recent Connecticut State of the Birds 2012 report will serve as the basis of the discussion, which will focus on the […]
