Kendall Barbery

A tractor trailer truck turning from Humphrey St onto Orange Ave damaged a utility pole. The blocks supporting the pole were knocked free, and now the pole--attached to overhead wires--is not in contact with the ground. It is suspended by the adjacent pole. UI Co Pole #2351

There is power line wrapped around a locust tree on Whitney Ave. The power line presumably became partially disconnected during a storm and then was wrapped around the tree to get it out of the way. It now appears to be girdling the tree and if it is not removed, it will kill the tree and become a hazard. Please have someone who is authorized to handle power lines come and remove the line from the tree.

When it rains in New Haven, the rain water flows over streets, sidewalks and other impervious surfaces, picks up harmful pollutants and causes localized flooding. During some storms, this polluted runoff--called stormwater--inundates our combined storm and sewer pipes, causing raw sewage and polluted stormwater to overflow into our rivers untreated.

Join Save the Sound as we plant two rain gardens in the West River Watershed to help capture and filter stormwater runoff, and prevent sewer overflows to the West River, downstream. During this event, you will get a primer on New Haven's stormwater and sewer system, learn about rain gardens and other green infrastructure that can help address pollution, and get hands-on experience planting native plants that will capture and filter stormwater runoff.

Stormwater runoff causes pollution problems in our rivers and the Long Island Sound. Come be a part of the solution!

Contact kbarbery at savethesound dot org for details and to RSVP.

Join Save the Sound and the West River Watershed Coalition for a workshop focused on water quality in the West River.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th from 6:30-8:30pm at the Barnard Nature Center in West River Memorial Park. Entrance on Derby Ave, west of intersection of Derby and Ella T. Grasso Blvd.
Register here: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=vpnrezcab&oeidk=a07eaykoo7ge23b83a6

Take advantage of this opportunity to learn about the West River Watershed Plan (in progress) and contribute to the plan by helping us develop recommendations for restoring the West River and its watershed.

The West River runs 25 miles from Bethany, CT to New Haven Harbor. While the river is only 25 miles long, the West River Watershed covers over 34 square miles of land--including parts of Hamden, Woodbridge, New Haven and West Haven--all of which drains to the river over land or through its many tributaries.

If you live in, work in, or just enjoy the West River and its tributaries--join us!

BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION!

Free and open to all. Register here: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=vpnrezcab&oeidk=a07eaykoo7ge23b83a6

Contact kbarbery@savethesound.org with questions.