Airlift for Great Gull Island

Connecticut Army National Guard helicopter takes off at Groton-New London Airport with a pallet of lumber for Great Gull Island. Photo by Joel Stocker/UConn Extension.
Connecticut Army National Guard helicopter takes off at Groton-New London Airport with a pallet of lumber for Great Gull Island. Photo by Joel Stocker/UConn Extension.

On April 25, the Connecticut Army National Guard  airlifted 28,000 pounds of lumber and equipment to Great Gull Island, a Long Island Sound Stewardship Area, as part of a project to help sustain the island’s large common tern and roseate tern populatons. Read more about the airlift in [intlink id=”ct-army-national-guard-aids-great-gull-project” type=”post”]Latest News[/intlink] and read more about Great Gull Island in the Long Island Sound Stewardship [intlink id=”plum-gull-islands” type=”post”]Online Atlas[/intlink].

 

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