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Sphere
http://thissphere.blogspot.com
Comments and connections involving nature, the environment, Long Island Sound, the Hudson River, architecture, communities, birds, wine
- Added on: Mar 8th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
The Noise of Leaf Blowers Infringes On My Freedom
Honestly, it's the noise of leaf blowers that bothers me more than their use fossil fuels. Now, at 2 p.m. on a warm and cloudy Saturday afternoon, one of only two days a week I don't spend in the office, a lawn crew with several leaf blowers is blowi...
A New Report of Water Quality Trends in Long Island Sound Show Things Getting Worse
The Connecticut DEP just released an excellent summary of water quality conditions in Long Island Sound in 2009 and of trends since 1991. It clearly shows that in many ways water quality in the Sound is getting worse.I can’t say I know why it’s g...
Dolphins Smiling in the Sound
There's a new issue of the Long Island Sound Study's newsletter out now, with a terrific day-by-day account of the visit of the bottlenose dolphins to the Sound in June. Kimberly Durham of the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation...
Public Speaking About the Sound
I had a great time speaking to the New Haven Bird Club last Thursday. About 60 people turned out for the talk, which was at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Thanks to all the birders who listened (and especially to the handful who bou...
Sailor Sees A Really Big Fish in the Sound
A sailor from Port Jefferson, named Gregory Haegele, wrote this evening to tell me he and his family encountered an ocean sunfish, one of the rarest and biggest fish in Long Island Sound, off Greenwich today. Check this out to see just how rare they ...
Connecticut Post Attempts to Criticize Soundkeeper Terry Backer and Comes Up With Next to Nothing
I wasn't impressed with the Connecticut Post stories over the weekend about Long Island Soundkeeper Terry Backer. The Post's big discovery? Terry makes a living as an environmentalist. The Post also uses a lame and lazy trick of implying that Terry h...
