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Trees in trouble

By Sabrina Garone
Published April 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM EDT
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Sleeping Giant State Park Hamden, Conn. While the park has reopened, there is still work left to be done to completely restore it after last year's violent weather.
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Sleeping Giant State Park was closed for repairs after violent weather hit the area in May 2018 — Hamden, Conn.

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Sabrina Garone
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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