In the beginning of November 2024, Connecticut experienced record-high temperatures. Hamden saw temperatures as high as 75 degrees. Climate change has caused an increase of temperatures across the world and its effects are prominent, including in Hamden. “We’re seeing monthly records being broken on a semi-regular basis these days,” said Ryan Hanrahan, chief meteorologist at…
Category: Environment
In 2021, Connecticut passed its “nickel-per-nip” program to update the state’s Bottle Bill. In its first full year, the program generated over $4.2 million throughout the state. The money from the program is designed to support the collection and proper disposal of “nip” bottles.
Connecticut residents came out in droves to celebrate Sleeping Giant State Park’s 100th anniversary. Find out more here.
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During her first summer on the job, in 2022, Hamden’s Assistant Animal Control Officer Monica Vece responded to a wildlife call regarding the death of a “very beautiful, young” red-tailed hawk. “Unfortunately, he ate something that had (pesticide) in it and he passed away, and that’s unfortunately a lot of what we’re seeing more and…
Nature nestles Quinnipiac University’s Mount Carmel campus, with Sleeping Giant State Park hovering over the north side of its quadrangle. On the south end of the suburban campus, a forest serves as a tranquil passageway between the student center and a group of academic buildings. The forest, known as Pine Grove, has occupied five acres…
For the full version adapted with multimedia click here. Two years ago a sewer main collapsed in Hamden causing over 2 million gallons of raw sewage to pour into the town’s Mill River — it was accidental, but ultimately cleared quickly. Even before the collapse, this ecosystem, which provides drinking water, as well as fishing…