clark woodland preserve
This morning I rode my Cannondale up to 74 Jennifer Lane to meet Brad Powell and Brendan Hanrahan. Brad and Brendan had already met when I arrived. Brendan and I walked much of the Clark property. As he had on the telephone yesterday, he had much insight to share.
Bicycling back down Smith Ridge Road I encountered what appeared to be a three-car accident. So I stopped by the New Canaan News & Review to let them know about it. Held the door open for Lauren, who I shortly learned does ad sales for the News-Review.
Attended Clark property public hearing, where I gave the following comments.
My name is Richard Stowe. I live at 12 Mead Street.
Chairman Annunziato, Parks & Recreation Chair Young, members of Town Council, members of the public, thank you for turning out for tonight’s public hearing to determine the best use for the Clark property.
I also wish to thank the New Canaan Advertiser for the photos of the Clark property displayed on their website this week.
The Clark property’s most significant asset may be water, watercourses, wetlands and vernal pools upon which a forested canopy sits.
Consider what Yale ecologist David Skelly said in a talk at the Ferguson Library’s Harry Bennett branch last week as he describes the fate of frogs in Connecticut.
“We remove timber, we build golf courses, we increase nutrients in the water and we essentially create snail farms.”
Snails become infested with thousands of trematodes – a parasite.
In the spring as the snails explode, the trematodes escape into the water, where they crawl into tadpoles and lodge into their kidneys.
The parasites cause cysts in the frog’s kidneys. Up to 500 cysts are found in an infested frogs kidney.
What impact does it have on the frog? The frog either swells up like a balloon or it dies.
And Connecticut does not have a wide variety of species of frogs.
Council members, we recognize that you have many responsibilities in your duty to represent us and we appreciate the care and concern you give in offering your time to serve our community.
As concerned citizens we stand here tonight ready to assist or help you in anyway we can for the betterment of our community. It is my hope that the Town Council Parks & Recreation committee will recommend forming an appointed committee with representation of Clark property stakeholders to study and evaluate potential uses for the property and make a recommendation as to the Clark property’s best long term use.
The committee should certainly marshal all available resources available at the state level such as the Environmental Review Team, the Southwest Conservation District and the newly formed Office of Responsible Growth.
I believe it this type of informed decision making, which will best serve to enhance the Town of New Canaan’s quality of life and character of our community.
Bicycling back down Smith Ridge Road I encountered what appeared to be a three-car accident. So I stopped by the New Canaan News & Review to let them know about it. Held the door open for Lauren, who I shortly learned does ad sales for the News-Review.
Attended Clark property public hearing, where I gave the following comments.
My name is Richard Stowe. I live at 12 Mead Street.
Chairman Annunziato, Parks & Recreation Chair Young, members of Town Council, members of the public, thank you for turning out for tonight’s public hearing to determine the best use for the Clark property.
I also wish to thank the New Canaan Advertiser for the photos of the Clark property displayed on their website this week.
The Clark property’s most significant asset may be water, watercourses, wetlands and vernal pools upon which a forested canopy sits.
Consider what Yale ecologist David Skelly said in a talk at the Ferguson Library’s Harry Bennett branch last week as he describes the fate of frogs in Connecticut.
“We remove timber, we build golf courses, we increase nutrients in the water and we essentially create snail farms.”
Snails become infested with thousands of trematodes – a parasite.
In the spring as the snails explode, the trematodes escape into the water, where they crawl into tadpoles and lodge into their kidneys.
The parasites cause cysts in the frog’s kidneys. Up to 500 cysts are found in an infested frogs kidney.
What impact does it have on the frog? The frog either swells up like a balloon or it dies.
And Connecticut does not have a wide variety of species of frogs.
Council members, we recognize that you have many responsibilities in your duty to represent us and we appreciate the care and concern you give in offering your time to serve our community.
As concerned citizens we stand here tonight ready to assist or help you in anyway we can for the betterment of our community. It is my hope that the Town Council Parks & Recreation committee will recommend forming an appointed committee with representation of Clark property stakeholders to study and evaluate potential uses for the property and make a recommendation as to the Clark property’s best long term use.
The committee should certainly marshal all available resources available at the state level such as the Environmental Review Team, the Southwest Conservation District and the newly formed Office of Responsible Growth.
I believe it this type of informed decision making, which will best serve to enhance the Town of New Canaan’s quality of life and character of our community.
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