Fairfield Featured

Connecticut Audubon is thrilled to have been honored by the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce with its 2024 Environmental/Conservation Non-Profit Award. The award was presented at the Chamber’s annual recognition dinner at the Patterson Club, celebrating organizations that have made significant contributions to the Fairfield community. Accepting the award on behalf of the Fairfield Region, Director […]

It was hard saying goodbye to interns Ellen and Oliver who brought their great enthusiasm and talents to the Fairfield Nature Center this spring. The graduating seniors from Staples High School quickly became valuable members of our Center family, working with staff to complete key projects including trail maintenance and mapping; helping with summer camp […]

On May 8, 2024 the Fairfield Nature Center hosted the Fairfield Garden Club and local town officials, including First Selectman Bill Gerber, for the ribbon cutting and re-opening of Frog Pond.  Thanks to the generosity and vision of the Garden Club and the Frost family, as well as other project partners Oliver Nurseries and Loglisci […]

We’ve installed a PurpleAir monitor at our center as part of our ongoing commitment to environmental conservation. The monitor allows us to track local air quality and add to a community database, which can be used by weather tracking organizations, climate scientists, and the general public to learn more about the air around them.  PurpleAir […]

Once again, Connecticut Audubon made the list of favorite destinations in the state for children and families. In this year’s 2023 KidsOutAndAbout.com annual readers’ survey — out of dozens of choices — The Connecticut Audubon Society came in at #9 by parents voting in Fairfield County! This recognition shows how Connecticut Audubon’s environmental education activities […]

“Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint” -Haruki Murakami If you’ve stopped by our Center at Fairfield recently, you might have noticed things are looking a little spiffier. Thanks to the generous donation from the Ring’s End Paint Center earlier this year, we were able to transform our front […]

In its 125 years, Connecticut Audubon has had many achievements and special moments to commemorate, and this year’s Spring Gala was no exception. With more than 170 in attendance, this special anniversary celebration of Connecticut Audubon’s commitment to education, conservation and advocacy in the Fairfield Region was a resounding success. Highlights of the evening included […]

Please join us in welcoming Amy Barnouw as the new director of the Fairfield Region. She will lead the organization’s Center at Fairfield, as well as the Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary. Amy will be working with local groups and individuals to meet Connecticut Audubon’s conservation and education goals. She’ll also be responsible for raising the […]

In a recent ceremony at the Center, Sage Garver of Fairfield Girl Scout Troop 30133 was recognized for earning the prestigious Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouts. Sage earned the Gold Award with her project to create a virtual tour of Connecticut Audubon’s Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary. Highlighting the diversity of […]

Thanks to a 2021 grant from The Fairfield Rotary, a stainless steel drinking water and bottle-filling station is being installed inside the Center. In addition to being a touchless alternative to a public drinking fountain, it counts and displays the number of disposable plastic water bottles it is saving from going into local landfills — […]

The Center at Fairfield extends its sincere thanks to Friends of Larsen volunteers, Mary Hogue and Guy Gleysteen, for creating and installing the new “Free Library” box across from the entrance to the Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary. As Mary notes, “Based on the Friends of Larsen concept of building community, Guy and I […]

Specifically designed to accommodate wheelchairs, the mile-long Edna Strube Chiboucas Special Use Trail is five-to-seven feet wide and paved with finely crushed stone. The trail circles through the Larsen Sanctuary’s 155 acres, following an easy grade through the woods, along the edge of a meadow and over several streams and swamps. Interpretive signs stand at […]