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Calf Island (Connecticut)

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of Greenwich, Audubon Greenwich, SoundWaters, church groups and high school athletic teams all have regularly scheduled trips to the island. In 2006, the Greenwich parks department scheduled four of its "Cruise to Nowhere" trips to the island.
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Calf Island Conservation, Inc., a volunteer group, helps maintain and improve the island. The group spent $ 65,000 on the island in 2005 and 2006. Upgrades of bathrooms, buildings, trails and docking facilities are planned.
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off-limits to members of the public without permission to visit. The island is available for overnight stays for those with permits, otherwise the east side is open from dawn till dusk.
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Directors: Lloyd Bankson, Paul Barbian, Franklin Bloomer, Anthony Carvette, Nancy Dickinson, George Friend, Alan Gilbert, Lucy Guillet, Lisette Henrey, Rosemary Loudin
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system puts it at 31.5-acre (127,000 m) The island is open for visitors; although, as of the summer of 2006, it was getting relatively few of them.
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to the federal government, in part because a permit would be required for some activities on the island; nevertheless, the purchase was made.
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The island is the largest one in Greenwich waters. More than half of the island (on the west side) is a
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Calf Island (highest of the three large islands in bottom right) as seen facing Port Chester, New York
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Web page on Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
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The Calf Island Community Trust, Inc., opposed the transfer of the island from the
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When the federal government bought the island in 2003, it joined the
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Some areas with "Greenwich, Connecticut" postal addresses are in
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Calf Island
Calf Island is located in Connecticut
40°59′35″N 73°38′22″W / 40.993°N 73.6395°W / 40.993; -73.6395
Byram
Greenwich, Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Greenwich Land Trust
GIS
bird sanctuary
cowbirds
yellow warblers
starlings
catbirds
diamondback terrapins
ospreys
great blue herons
canada geese
great
snowy egrets
sassafras
hickory
maple
beech
oriental bittersweet
multiflora roses

Boys and Girls Club
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Westbrook
Greenwich Family YMCA

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