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DEEP Announces $400,000 in Trails Grants
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that it has awarded $400,000 in grants for seven projects to plan and design, build, expand, or enhance and improve multi-use trails and greenways across the state.
DEEP Designates Saturday, August 10 as Free Fishing License Day
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has designated Saturday, August 10, “Free Fishing License Day.”
DEEP Announces Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons Dates
(HARTFORD, CT) –Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced the dates for the 2022-2023 migratory bird hunting seasons, which include seasons for ducks, geese, woodcock, snipe, rails, and crows.
DEEP Announces Operation Dry Water 2022
(HARTFORD)—As boaters begin to prepare for the July 4th holiday weekend, law enforcement officers across Connecticut will be on heightened alert looking for those violating boating under the influence laws. Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) Environmental Conservation Police (EnCon), in partnership with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, local law enforcement, and the U.S. Coast Guard, will be participating in the national Operation Dry Water heightened awareness and enforcement weekend from July 2 – 4, 2022.
DEEP Announces Upcoming No Child Left Inside Family Outdoor Discovery Days July 30 and August 6
(HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) State Parks Division is thrilled to announce two FREE family events sponsored by the No Child Left Inside® (NCLI) Program with a Boating Day event happening Saturday, July 30 and a Saltwater Fishing Day event happening Saturday August 6!
Celebrate “Nature’s Friends” This Holiday Season
Come celebrate “Nature’s Friends” this holiday season at the Osborne Homestead Museum in Derby, Conn., where each room’s decorations pay tribute to peculiar pollinators like bats and lemurs to more familiar ones like bees and butterflies.
Local ordinances create incentives and encourage recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, which can improve a community’s overall recycling rate.
Zero Waste is a philosophy and a design principle for the 21st Century. It includes 'recycling' but goes beyond recycling by taking a 'whole system' approach to the vast flow of resources and waste through human society.
Technical Assistance and Service Forestry Support for CT Landowners
Describes the purpose of Connecticut's Service Forestry Program and how a landowner can contact their Service Forester for assistance.
Links to websites for Petroleum Products
Connecticut Recycles Day, November 15
Connecticut Recycles Day is a recycling awareness day that takes place on November 15th each year.
Responsibility for Cleaning of Spills Posing Environmental Threat
Responsibility for Clean Up of Spills
The Alliance for Fish and Wildlife
Information on the Recovering America's Wildlife Act and the Alliance for America's Fish and Wildlife.