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Also called “calico bass,” crappie grow quickly and are a popular food and sport fish.
The most popular gamefish in the country, the largemouth bass is also the principal predator in most of our state’s lakes and ponds and thus plays a key role in the health of aquatic ecosystems.
Boating Infrastructure Grant Program
Boating Infrastructure Grant Program funds are available to public and private agencies and marinas and other facilities that provide transient tie-up opportunities for non-trailerable (26' or over in length) recreational boats.
Rarity and difficulty with identification cause the blackspotted stickleback’s whereabouts in Connecticut to be unclear.
Information on ground water, water quality, aquifers, and water conservation.
Protecting Connecticut's Groundwater
Protecting Connecticut's Groundwater - A Guide for Local Officials was written in 1997 by Robert Hust and James Murphy of the Department of Environmental Protection's Water Bureau. The Guide provides the tools needed to understand groundwater protection and to communicate its importance to other local officials and citizens.
There are two basic aquifer types in Connecticut, those found in unconsolidated sediments and those in bedrock.
Outline of Aquifer Protection Regulations
Summary of Connecticut General Statutes Section 22a-354i-1 through 10. (Revised February, 2004)
Aquifer Protection Area Program statutes and regulations were developed to create a protection program for our aquifer resources supporting high yield public supply well fields.
CT State Lands Firewood Program
The Clues to Letterbox Sites on Connecticut's State Forests
CT Forestry - Letterbox Site Clues for Connecticut State Forests
Five species (and one hybrid, the “tiger trout”) exist in Connecticut. Only the brook trout and Atlantic salmon are native; the rest were introduced as sport fish.
Brown trout can grow to large sizes and are generally harder to catch than brook or rainbow trout.
The use of urban wood can be cost-effective and have environmental and economic benefits for the community.