The two-year project at Dodge Paddock Beal Preserve in Stonington Borough is the subject of an article published in the December 2020 issue of the Journal of Extension, titled, “Moving with the Marsh: Encouraging Property Owner Adaptation to Marsh Migration.”
Year: 2020
Aquaculture rapid response: challenges & opportunities
Learn about the COVID-19 rapid response that Sea Grant programs throughout the North Atlantic region, including CT Sea Grant, have provided to shellfish aquaculture businesses in these two documents.
CTSG, Avalonia project looks to prepare forest for the future
Battered by coastal storms and infestations of wooly adelgids, gypsy moth, winter moth and emerald ash borer, sections of the 200-acre Hoffman Evergreen Preserve will now serve as a living lab and demonstration site for how land managers can help forests adapt to climate change.
Diverse perspectives explored in new issue of Wrack Lines
Learn about bringing more diversity to the sciences, environmental justice, the Shoreline Greenway Trail, a new diversity fellowship and the unique career of Bob Pomeroy with fish and fishermen across the globe in the Fall-Winter 2020-21 issue of Wrack Lines magazine.
Past recipients of CT Sea Grant Arts Support Awards
2022 arts award program sees highest number of awardees New Haven artist chosen for 2021 CTSG Arts Support Award Discarded fabric, puppets are grist for marine-themed art Plastic pollution is focus of 2019 arts awardee’s work Exhibit offers fresh look at coastal environment, maritime heritage Whale, object sculptures to be created by Sea Grant artist […]
As seas rise, communities can turn retreat into opportunity
Retreat isn’t defeat. It’s deliberately stepping back to make a better future. “Retreat is very difficult, but it’s going to happen. Wouldn’t it be better to have a managed process?” asked A.R. Siders, keynote speaker at the “Managed Retreat in the Age of Climate Change” workshop.
Bipartisan bill to provide $483M for Sea Grant passes house
Connecticut 2nd District Rep. Joe Courtney and the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the bipartisan National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2020 (S. 910), which authorizes $483 million over four years for the National Sea Grant College Program.
In the Lyme woods, a reminder of a diverse past
In this article published on the opinion page of The Day of New London on Nov. 15, CT Sea Grant Communications Coordinator Judy Benson credits a land acknowledgement sign on a hiking trail with giving new inspiration for diversity initiatives.
Shellfish farmers stay afloat with innovation, financial aid
CT shellfish farmers endured the precipitous sales losses that nearly shut their businesses during the early days of the pandemic last spring. Now they are preparing to weather what could be even tougher months ahead, with fresh influxes of financial aid coming just when they’re going to need it most.
Applications now being received for 2022 Knauss fellowship
The 2022 NOAA Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship application period is now open. The submission deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 19, 2021.