From 2009-2022 Judy Preston served as the Connecticut Outreach Coordinator for the Long Island Sound Study (now the Long Island Sound Partnership), while working at Connecticut Sea Grant. Among her many outreach responsibilities, Preston did foundational work at communities across Connecticut to educate gardeners on the connections between how they garden and the impact to the environment, including the effects of applying herbicides and pesticides on local waterways and Long Island Sound. She also was an advocate for creating native plant gardens that required no chemical applciations. Earlier this month, Preston received a prestigious award from the Rockfall Foundation, which promotes and supports conservation and environmental education in the Lower Connecticut River Valley. You can read about the award in an article on the Connecticut Sea Grant website.
Judy is also a great photographer, with a particularly good eye for taking photos in the Connecticut River valley where she lives. Here’s a few of her photos.
Wild and Scenic Eight Mile River that meets the mainstem of the Connecticut River at Hamburg Cove in the town of Lyme. Photo by Judy Preston.
Connecticut DEP wetland restoration specialist (right) with interns monitoring a wetlands restoration site at Great Island, town of Old Lyme, CT, a Long Island Sound Stewardship area. Photo by Judy Preston.
Beach walkers. Photo by Judy Preston.
Enjoying a day on the water in Chester Creek. Photo by Judy Preston.
Winter marsh at Great Island, Old Lyme.
Salt marsh in winter, North Cove, Old Saybrook, CT. Photo by Judy Preston.
Winter along shore of South Cove, Old Saybrook, CT. (CT. Coast) Photo by Judy Preston.
Monarch caterpillar. Photo by Judy Preston.
The historic Essex steam train crosses Deep River where it joins the mainstem of the Connecticut River. Photo by Judy Preston.
View of the Long Island Sound from the rocks at Bluff Point State Park. Photo by Judy Preston.
For several years Judy also hosted a talk show on gardening at a local Connecticut internet-based radio station.
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