This op-ed article written by CTSG Communications Coordinator Judy Benson and published in Connecticut newspapers looks at the offshore wind industry in New London in the context of history and the world environment.
Thames River
2024 Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series begins Feb. 6
The 2024 Coastal Perspective Lecture Series begins at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 with a talk titled, “The Development, Construction and Fisheries Monitoring of Ørsted’s South Fork Wind Farm.”
StoryMap recounts Thames River Explorations project
The Thames River Explorations – Digital Stewardship (TREDS) project highlights maritime history, environmental science, and environmental justice issues along the Thames River in eastern Connecticut.
CT Blue Heritage Trail launched with installation of 8 signs
The Blue Heritage Trail, a collaborative initiative developed by UConn Maritime Studies faculty and students with guidance and support from the Blue Heritage Trail Advisory Committee, has launched with the installation of eight informational signs at key sites in southeastern Connecticut.
National Estuarine Reserve celebration set for May 21
UConn is joining with partners at the local, federal and state levels including CT Sea Grant to celebrate the establishment of the Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on May 21 at the Avery Point campus, where the CT NERR will be headquartered.
NOAA designates nation’s 30th NERR in southeastern CT
Project partners including CT Sea Grant and congressional delegation members applaud designation of “living laboratory” that will protect habitat and provide expanded research, education and stewardship opportunities.
Public meeting about CT estuarine reserve set for Aug. 4
Connecticut will be hosting a virtual scoping meeting for the public on Aug. 4 to provide the public with information on the proposed reserve and to seek input on issues that the Environmental Impact Statement on the CT NERR should consider.
Thames River Quests are fun for anytime this summer
The Thames River Heritage Park and Connecticut Sea Grant are inviting people to solve a word puzzle while exploring historic sites in New London and Groton by completing one or more of the four Thames River Quests any time this summer.
Learn about Blue Heritage Trail project at Feb. 2 talk
Syma Ebbin, research coordinator for Connecticut Sea Grant, will join two others involved in the development of the Blue Heritage Trail in a presentation about the project at 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Groton Congregational Church.
All ages turn out for second annual Thames River Quest
About 100 people participated in the Thames River Quest on June 1, enjoying free water taxi rides between Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park and Thames Street in Groton and the Downtown Waterfront Park and Fort Trumbull State Park in New London, where each of the four legs of the treasure-hunt style educational hike were located.