Kemp's on Block

Good account here from Chris Littlefield, head of the local Nature Conservancy chapter, of finding a stranded Kemp's ridley sea turtle on the beach at Old Harbor, Block Island.

Tell the Norwalk Aquarium About Your Big Catch

Long Island Sound fishermen, the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium wants to hear your fishing stories and see your fishing pictures, for a new exhibit.

"As part of the new exhibit, we plan to include an area where we'll post stories, photographs and videos from the adventures that people have had while fishing on the Sound," said Judith Bacal, the Aquarium's exhibits director. "Everyone has a great fishing story and we want to hear about it! We want to hear about people's experiences with friends and family catching fish, or about the ones that got away. These are the stories that stir our emotional connections with the Sound and the animals that live in it."

... The exhibit will feature large game fish from the Sound in a 30,000-gallon tank while exploring the relationship and connections we have with fish and fishing in the Sound.

I doubt they're interested in a small bag of clams, however.

A Demerit for Merritt Tree-Cutting

Anybody else bummed by all the DOT tree cutting along the Merritt Parkway? The Merritt Parkway Conservancy is.

Here's the quote of the day: "We're not deforesting the area. We're removing undesirable trees ..."

From Connecticut Environmental Headlines.

Good for the Seal

A big, opportunistic seal -- a gray seal, maybe -- has been taking fish from fishing lines east of New Haven.