Branford Conservation and Environmental Commission

06/17/2026

Come see us at The Branford Festival this weekend! We'll have a table Saturday from 8am-3pm where you can get a FREE NATIVE PLANT for your yard or garden. ☀️

06/10/2026

Volunteer Opportunity at Branford Early Learning Center this Sunday, 2:00pm - 3:00pm. Come Join us to help expand the meadow, which is part of the Pollinator Pathway. We'll be placing plastic sheeting to take care of invasive mugwort. Then we'll also do some w**ding of mugwort in the standing meadow. Please bring anything you need to be comfortable including: gloves, water, sun protection. We'll have tools, but please bring if you have (hand trowel, etc). Come learn about native plants while taking care of our town's natural resources!

BONUS: come a bit early at 1:45pm for a dedication to celebrate the Branford Trail creator's birthday. Chet Blomquist would have been turning 100 on Sunday, June 14th.

06/01/2026

National Horseshoe Crab Day is June 20th. Join Danielle from the Kellogg Environmental Center and Jo-Marie Kasinak, Project Limulus Beach Coordinator, as they help participants understand the wonders of Horseshoe Crabs at Silver Sands State Park. The walk and talk, takes place on the beach, so please dress appropriately and have shoes for the sand, hats, and a bottle of water too. Families are welcome. You may register or just walk up to take part.
https://coeearegistration.wufoo.com/forms/zhc37vv11qz4ca/

06/01/2026

Monarchs are in the area and laying eggs. June 6th, the Kellogg Environmental Center is hosting a program to explain how you can take part in research and conservation of this flagship butterfly.
Registration is requested and is not well suited for very young children. Part of the program is inside, then out to the meadow in search of eggs, larvae, and adults. Call 203-734-2513 for details and if you have questions.

05/28/2026

Volunteer with us this Saturday, 10am-12pm. Join us at the Branford Early Learning Center to help w**d one of our Branford Pollinator Pathway gardens! We'll mostly be w**ding, so please bring anything you need to be comfortable including: gloves, water, sun protection. We'll have tools, but please bring if you have (hand trowel etc). Come learn about native plants while taking care of our town's natural resources!

05/14/2026

Join us for a free webinar on the new implementation tools developed for the 2025 Connecticut Wildlife Action Plan!

Thursday, May 28 at 1:00 PM
🔗 Register at https://clear.uconn.edu/webinars

Presenters Brian Hess (CT DEEP Wildlife Division) and Katy Bischoff (University of Connecticut PhD student) will provide an overview and live demonstration of two new tools designed to help conservation partners track successes, connect across organizations, and identify priority areas for conservation action across Connecticut.
Learn how these tools can support collaboration and maximize conservation impact statewide.

05/13/2026

This Saturday, 5/16, starting at 9:30am on the front yard of Blackstone Library. We'll be there giving away the rest of our native trees/plants! Visit our table to go home with your choice of a Red Maple, Black Cherry, Beach Plum, Northern Bayberry, Red Osier Dogwood, or Winterberry.

ANNUAL SPRING PLANTS, FLOWERS & SEEDLINGS SALE
Saturday, May 16th 9:30 am - 1:30pm on the Blackstone Library Lawn (Raindate Sunday, May 17th 12:00-4pm)

05/07/2026

Invasive jumping worms (Amynthas spp.) are destructive, non-native earthworms rapidly spreading across the US, causing severe soil degradation by eating topsoil organic matter, leaving behind coarse, coffee-ground-like castings. READ MORE: https://trib.al/Fglwngt

INVASIVE JUMPING WORMS IN CT: Here are town-by-town sightings of the worms that can leap a foot in the air. (Full story at link below)