Posted on August 29, 2016
By John Burgeson, ctpost
The upcoming $10 million Housatonic River dredge project could be held up by the piping plover.
But officials say the issue involving the birds should be resolved. The Stratford legislative delegation on Wednesday asked the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to come to an agreement with the Connecticut Chapter of the National Audubon Society over monitoring nearby the nesting sites of the piping plover, a protected species, during its duration.
Plovers tend to nest in vulnerable spots along the shore.
The federal $10 million Army Corps of Engineers grant will deepen the harbor at the base of the Housatonic River’s Stratford side.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is requiring that a plan for monitoring the plovers be in place before dredging begins.
Source: ctpost
