A new wildlife refuge could be coming to southern Shelton at Two Mile Island and some adjacent coastal land along the Housatonic River, long home to the Island Sand and Gravel Co. Joseph Bienkowski, chair of the Shelton Citizens Advisory Board, sent a letter to Mayor Mark Lauretti asking the area be designated a riverfront wildlife refuge and open space. He called those 26 acres of land, made up mostly of Two Mile Island, which is truly a peninsula, a “riverfront gem.” Much of the Two Mile Island property lies in a flood zone area. Its intertidal zone creates a habitat that has evolved to support species which cannot survive elsewhere, including shorebirds, shellfish and juvenile finfish. Creating a local wildlife refuge can provide these species with the necessary shelter and protection they need to thrive, Bienkowski said.
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