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Feathered fallout

Greater Scaup in Long Island Sound — Milford, Conn.
Sabrina Garone
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WSHU
Greater Scaup in Long Island Sound — Milford, Conn.

Bird flu has been ripping through Long Island’s East End. Volunteers has collected more than 11,000 pounds of trash during a recent cleanup of our region’s beaches. Connecticut lawmakers advance a handful of bills in response to ICE activity. Plus, it’s the latest from WSHU’s The Making of U.S. 

Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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