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Information about ways that solid waste can be beneficially reused.
Boating, swimming and fishing, popular summer activities in Connecticut, all require clean and safe water. Every person out on the water has a role in keeping our waters clean.
Connecticut's Water Resources include ground water, lakes & ponds, coastal/Long Island Sound, rivers & streams and wetlands
Stormwater and its effects on water quality.
Connecticuts rivers and streams
Watershed Management - Overview
Watershed management is a term used to describe the process of implementing land use practices and water management practices to protect and improve the quality of the water and other natural resources within a watershed by managing the use of those land and water resources according to a comprehensive plan.
explanation of 319 NPS watershed based plans
Regulating Water Usage and Water Discharges
Regulating Water Usage and Water Discharges
Emergency Response and Spill Prevention
Emergency Response and Spill Prevention
The Alliance for Fish and Wildlife
Information on the Recovering America's Wildlife Act and the Alliance for America's Fish and Wildlife.
Connecticut’s smallest pike species. They are typically mistaken for small chain pickerel by anglers.
Learn about Connecticut's top predator and how the Wildlife Division is surveying the state's bobcat population.
Catfish and bullheads have eight barbels around the mouth: two off the snout, two off the corners of the mouth, and four under the chin. These long barbels give the impression of whiskers, hence the name “catfishes.”