Climate Change
Addressing climate change presents residents, businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities a chance to create, evolve, and maintain a sustainable environment, a robust economy, and a higher quality of life today and tomorrow.
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Forest Practices Act and Utilization and Marketing Programs
Information on the Forest Practices Act and utilization and marketing programs.
How Forests Offset Climate Change and Its Impacts
Introduction to how forests offset climate change and its impacts
Climate Change and Connecticut Forests
An introduction to the relationship between climate change and its impacts and Connecticut forests.
How Climate Change Impacts Forests
Climate change is altering the natural disturbance regimes to which Connecticut forests are adapted.
The actions we take on a daily basis can impact Connecticut forests and their ability to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change.
Why Manage Forests in the Face of Climate Change
Forest management practices can be tailored to improve forest health, resilience, and adaptability, and they also create opportunities to increase forests’ capacity to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on society.
Information on Dry Hydrant Grants, Community Fire Control Grants, and fire department support.
Connecticut utilizes SFA funds for dry hydrant installation grant.
The Rural Fire Council meets twice per year, and has been instrumental with collecting data, making important suggestions and connections, and has provided support to the Forest Protection Program.
Forest Fire Weather Information and Danger Explanations
Information on Connecticut Fire Weather, list-serv, and fire season.
How to report a wildfire in Connecticut.
Learn about grants for wildfire control and protection.
Climate Change
Addressing climate change presents residents, businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities a chance to create, evolve, and maintain a sustainable environment, a robust economy, and a higher quality of life today and tomorrow.
Recycling
Connecticut disposes of 2.4 million tons of trash annually, an estimated 1,370 pounds of trash per person per year. That's too much! Learn more about how we manage our waste and how to help us move toward more waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
DEEP Programs & Services
DEEP conserves, improves and protects Connecticut's natural resources and the environment, and makes cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy available to people and businesses. Find DEEP's programs and services here.