Field Trip – Hydrology and Birds: West River Memorial Park, New Haven – Dan May and Cheryl Cape
West River Memorial and Edgewood Parks are designated Important Bird Areas and are part of the New Haven Harbor Urban Refuge Partnership. The West River bisects both parks and has been channelized and engineered for flood control for over a century. The lower reach of the West River through Memorial Park is currently a brackish tidal marsh that offers the… ..