*McKinney Pond/Warehouse Pond Stratford CT update* It gives me great pleasure to announce we have heard back *Positively *from USFWS regarding the proposed “opening up the pond to the marsh waters”, the following is the email I received today: Linda Olsen *Pausing Adaptive Management at Great Meadows Unit of Stewart B. McKinney NWR* *The adaptive management project at the Great Meadows Unit to reconnect a 3-acre man-made pond to the marsh has been temporarily paused to allow for additional community engagement. Updates and additional information on this project will be available on our website and **Facebook page* <https://www.facebook.com/SBMcKinneyNWR>*.* Rick Potvin Refuge Manager This is our opportunity to enlighten USFWS on our observations on the importance of keeping this pond intact (or enhancing) as the oasis it has become for so many threatened endangered species as well as species of special concern. How we do that is open to all suggestions. I for one have compiled all the photos of the species I have seen thriving there over the past 8 years..Please do the same..eBird has stats for sure, but I know there are many birders that visit this site that do not post on eBird..I welcome and encourage you all to gather your photos, memories and data to share with this effort to safe this special place. I'm sure there will be a specific time period or date when our comments, concerns and suggestions will be heard..so now is the time to prepare for that.. Again many, many thanks for your efforts to support this vital avian habitat. Linda Olsen, Stratford CT