Community
Pioneering Conservation: From Mabel Osgood Wright to Today
Mabel Osgood Wright found her calling in the gardens of her family’s Fairfield estate. Having discovered a love of nature and especially birds, Wright published books, taught classes, and founded the Connecticut Audubon Society in the late 1800s.
The Fairfield Museum has collaborated with six regional organizations to illuminate their unique stories that carry on Mabel Osgood Wright’s legacy of conservation leadership. Environmental protection often starts with individual advocacy, but enacting change for a sustainable future cannot be done without support from people like us.Learn about the work being done by organizations to protect the habitats and wildlife across Fairfield County, including the marshes, tidal estuary, rivers, and woodlands, and how you can help conserve our environment!
Visit https://www.fairfieldhistory.org to get more information about the exhibit.
Project Limulus
Fairfield is lucky to be the home of this nationally recognized, community-based research program started and maintained through the Sacred Heart Biology Department. A new partnership between the Conservation Department and SHU allowed over 30 volunteers to participate in tagging and surveying over 50 horseshoe crabs in June at Southport Beach. To learn more about this program and what to do if you find a tagged horseshoe crab anywhere in the world, visit the Project Limulus website.
Clean Ups
Trash clean-ups and local beautification projects can help enhance our open spaces for all to enjoy.
We work with business groups, families, student organizations and individuals at local open spaces, beaches and the estuary. Trash clean-ups are scheduled prior to our school trips in the spring and fall. Beach clean-ups are scheduled in early summer and park beautification is needed throughout the year.
Check our events calendar for upcoming clean-ups. Have a group that would like to sponsor a clean up? Contact Engage@mrwc-fairfield.org to set up an event.