The Conservation Corps is gearing up for the season and has already begun spring projects. In partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Faulkner Island Lighthouse Brigade, the Corps built a 60-foot brick walkway leading up to Connecticut’s second oldest lighthouse on Faulkner Island in Long Island Sound. The lighthouse, built in 1802 and commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, still serves as a navigational aid to boats passing through the sound. The island is a part of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, and is conserved as a migratory bird nesting site, hosting the 5th largest colony of nesting Roseate Terns in the northeastern US and supporting 95% of the nesting Common Terns in CT.
In addition to this project, the Corps will also be heading to Lake Winnipesaukee this spring to address erosion issues on an YMCA island camp, in partnership with the Merrimack Valley YMCA.
