Branford Land Trust Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Branford Fish Ladder
By Ellyn Santiago
Published on April 6, 2026.
The Branford Land Trust (BLT) has celebrated its 20th anniversary with a family-friendly event at the Supply Pond Fish Ladder. The event includes free kids' activities, including fish-inspired face painting, temporary tattoos, and a live eel tank. Participants will be able to watch the river herring (also called alewives) on their migration from Long Island Sound to their breeding waters in Linsley Pond. They will also hear from experts about the annual fish migration, including fishermen Tom Cleveland and Save the Sound's Jake Dittes, about human-caused challenges to fish migration and projects restoring fish passage around Long IslandSound. The fish ladder was built to support the recovery of alewife and blueback herring, whose annual spring migrations are a defining ecological event in southern Connecticut.
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