Branford Community Gardens needs temporary strong volunteers to help erect deer fencing. Contact Connie Drysdale at cmdrysdale@yahoo.com

The Branford Land Trust invites volunteers to help clear invasive burning bush at the Supply Ponds on Saturday, May 30, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Please contact Chris Sullivan at Sulldaddy@yahoo.com for information and directions.

The Branford Chamber of Commerce

25 Annual Craft & Business Expo

 Help Needed - Saturday, June 20, 2009

 Hours - 6 AM - 8 AM

Or

4 PM - 4:30 PM

 Duties - Help Vendors unload their vehicles in the morning, and help vendors reload their vehicles at the end of the event. Set up tables for Vendors, help Vendors set up their tents

 Benefit - Free Breakfast at the Lions Pancake Tent

 My personal Thanks to each of you

 Rosemary Sette, "Queen of the Green"

 Please help!!!

Volunteers wanted – to clean fishway at supply pond: 

1. the alewives are running - you can actually see several at the bottom of the fishway (look under the bubbles at the entrance to the quiet water of the low-level dam outlet)
2. we need to unclog the pipes in the fish counter at the top of the dam DAILY (or more).

If you have time, the way to unclog the pipes is to lie down on the grating, roll up your right sleeve, hold on with your left arm and pull the long green weeds (milfoil) out of the pipes.  Throw the milfoil over the dam, not back into the water.

So far, it looks like we have had another good year with over 2,500 fish passing, most in the last several days.  Go to Short Rocks Road (the first left off of Mill Plain Road if you are going North on Mill Plain).  The entrance to the fishway is about 1/4 mile down - the gravel parking space on the left as you come up to the ponds.  Follow the trail to the dam and walk to the end of the dam - there it is!

Call with any questions.

Regards,

Tom Cleveland

tgcleve@yahoo.com
203-981-9040