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Eversource conducts ‘Turtle-palooza' wildlife protection training in Agawam
AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – As part of its commitment to environmental stewardship and supporting biodiversity, Eversource conducted its annual comprehensive wildlife protection training, which they call 'Turtle-palooza.' Injured person rescued from woods on Gale Road in Warwick This training is a day-long program to protect habitats for nesting species like Eastern Box Turtles. Wednesday's goal was to teach construction crews how to search for and relocate turtles to safe areas before trimming undergrowth beneath power lines. The areas create an ideal breeding ground for turtles, often leading to their eggs being laid while heavy equipment is being used. The training took place at Eversource's rights-of-way in Agawam. It started as a classroom portion, then a field portion. 'We believe it's our responsibility to care for this land that we manage, but also protect the species that call this right-of-way home,' said Matthew Waldrip, Manager of Environmental Licensing and Permitting at Eversource. Nearly 150 Eversource members worked alongside the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, as well as a dog named Mobie. Before noon, they found 16 box turtles. The team will be working near their substations and vegetated areas next. Every year, they update the training based on what they learn in the previous year. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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27-03-2025
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Simsbury residents speaking against proposals to build senior living homes
SIMSBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Residents of Simsbury are up in arms after the town announced plans to build new senior living residential homes on 20 acres of woods and open space. 'The idea of calling a place Meadow homes when you're literally destroying the meadows to build them, is irony that is not lost on me,' Jessica Franks, a Simsbury resident, said. Man charged with attempted murder by arson in Simsbury Prior construction on wetlands has been a problem in the area, and some neighbors say they're still feeling the effects. 'There have been neighbors that have experienced problems from prior construction, and they are still experiencing flooding in their basement and so forth, and we have heard from them, we have not experienced the problem ourselves, but we hear that a lot of those issues have not been resolved,' Kevin Grigg of Simsbury said. The firm proposing the project has a comprehensive plan, laid out in 11-page document discussing the wetlands, drainage and mitigation. The neighbor say it's not what Gov. George McLean would have wanted. He established two nonprofit foundations, one for senior living and the other a private game refuge. They say he was also known as on environmentalist, the author of the migratory bird act, and Franks says there is a documented colony of 19 Eastern Box Turtles on the land. 'Building here would destroy their habitat and eliminate this population which we have scientists who have said it's unusually large and vibrant diverse population of box turtle,' Franks said. 'There are alternatives that they're not looking at, I think there's other land in the Simsbury area that is not far away that they could also be looking at and I think we're going to be impacting something that has been here for 80 years untouched,' Grigg said. 'Doing so much environmental damage and damage to the neighbors I would encourage them to other places.' Watch the full video in the player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
