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The sunsets over a small coastal town.
Stonington Stonington is a town located along Connecticut's coastline. © The Nature Conservancy/Cara Chancellor
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Check out The Nature Conservancy's salt marsh buoy at the Stonington Lobster Trap Tree! 

This year, the Lobster Trap Tree in Stonington is built with stacked lobster traps, and buoys hang from every inch.

Four lobster buoys are decorated with art depicting a salt marsh.
Lobster Buoys TNC’s 2025 buoy for the Stonington Lobster Trap tree depicts a salt marsh and all of the life it supports. © Photo & Art by Tebben Gill Lopez/TNC

This year’s buoy created by TNC celebrates the beauty and resilience of salt marsh ecosystems—like the one TNC is working to restore at Rocky Neck State Park. The design features an estuary full of life: a fiddler crab scuttling along the shore, an osprey clutching its catch, a great egret wading in the shallows, alewife swimming, and vibrant flora like purple milkwort and swamp aster.

Salt marshes are vital for healthy coastlines, filtering water, buffering communities from flooding and erosion, storing carbon and providing wildlife habitat.

Thanks to your support, we are protecting critical lands and waters at more than 50 nature preserves in Connecticut.

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