Tag: South Park

Written by NutmegTrout21711Feb, 2022

Prosek to speak to support Aspetuck Land Trust

James Prosek signs copies of his book "Ocean Fishes" at Nutmeg TU's holiday party last December. A documentary on eels by the local resident will premiere on the PBS series "Nature" Wednesday, April 17.
James Prosek signs copies of his book “Ocean Fishes” at Nutmeg TU’s holiday party last December. A documentary on eels by the local resident will premiere on the PBS series “Nature” Wednesday, April 17.

Artist, angler and conservationist James Prosek will speak at the Aspetuck Land Trust’s Caryl and Edna Haskins Lecture on Tuesday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at the Westport Public Library.

In 2022 the Aspetuck Land Turst is focused on the acquisition of 19 acres of Easton’s South Park property adjacent to the Warner Anglers Preserve. The importance of this property next to the Mill River, a Class 1 trout stream, one of only nine in the state, is not lost on this year’s Haskins Lecture special guest speaker James Prosek, who was only 19 and a student at Yale when he published Trout: An Illustrated History.

Trout: an Illustrated History, (Alfred A. Knopf) featured seventy of his watercolor paintings of the trout of North America,  and is widely recognized as having brought attention to the existence and plight of native trout. 11 books followed for adults and children alike including Art, Artifact, Artifice, (Yale University Art Gallery) Ocean Fishes, (Rizzoli) Bird, Butterfly, Eel, (Simon and Schuster Books) , Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso (Harper) and as well as articles for The New York Times and National Geographic Magazine.

Click here to buy tickets to the April 6 lecture.

Written by NutmegTrout21707Apr, 2015

Easton selectmen hear passionate pleas to save parcel

With five options on the table for what is to become of the former Running Brook Farm on South Park Avenue, the Board of Selectmen appears to be favoring selling the land to Sacred Heart University for athletic facilities, including a pool and tennis courts that residents could use, according to a story in The Easton Courier.

Written by NutmegTrout21725Nov, 2014

Jewish Home wants to buy South Park site

Longtime Easton neighbor the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield is offering $6.1 million to the town for the former Running Brook Farm, a 29-acre property on South Park Avenue the town bought in 2008 for $6.1 million.

The idea calls for 260 units total, with 200 independent living apartments and a mix of assisted living and skilled nursing spaces. Ten percent of the rental apartments would be reserved for the affordable housing category and would count toward the town’s requirements to provide affordable housing, Banoff said.

Click here to read the full story in The Easton Courier.