Aspetuck Land Trust will sponsor a Shore bird hike this Thursday, August 19 from 6-8pm at their Great Salt Marsh Island Preserve in Ash Creek. This hike will be led by bird expert Milan Bull from the CT Audubon Society.
Attached is background information on this unique preserve, so you can read up on the history and flora and fauna of this area before the hike.
We will be conducting our Annual Spring Ash Creek Clean Up at 9 AM on Saturday, April 3, which is low tide. We’ll meet at the driveway at 19 Eames Boulevard (19 Grovers Avenue). Please wear a long sleeved shirt, long pants, and gloves because of the poison ivy along the banks of Ash Creek.
Ash Creek has become a designated water trail in the Connecticut Water Trails program. For more information visit their website at www.connecticutwatertrails.com
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A new osprey nesting platform has been erected on Burr Creek in Black Rock. The Arthur Street Neighbors Committee received city permission to build and install a wooden nesting platform for ospreys on an unused utility pole on a small city green space directly on Burr Creek. The platform was put into place on November 21, 2009.
Did you receive an invitation to attend our fall educational event on Wednesday, November 18? If not, please register for Ash Creek e-mail updates by clicking on the Register icon in the upper right sidebar. You will be given a choice of three types of e-mail updates, select Ash Creek as one of them, if you would like to receive invitations in the future.
ahh .. thank you and everyone for keeping ASH CREEK pristine.. this weekend Blue-Winged Teal.. and many Pin Tail Ducks.. seems that our Black Ducks are welcoming their friends .. gathering around these migrators... and a Great Blue Heron still watching over all .. a few Egrets and two Great Whites also.. .. all clearly seen at this northern end at Pleasant Bay Condos.. .. a real treat.. .. Jean Layton, member, Ash Creek Conservation Association
Members of the Ash Creek Conservation Association gathered at Harborview Market on July 18, 2009 to celebrate their latest victory in protecting the Ash Creek tidal estuary. Gail Robinson, President of the Ash Creek Conservation Association delivered the following words of thanks to those who contributed to this latest accomplishment: