Ex-Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power plant in Haddam to become wildlife refuge

HADDAM — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday that it has acquired a 38-acre piece of land owned by the operator of the former Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power plant for $900,000.

The land will become part of the Salmon River Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. With the acquisition of a piece of the Connecticut Yankee property, the Salmon River Division now includes 416 acres of land in the state, said Andrew French, a Massachusetts-based project leader for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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