Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

2022 CEQ Annual Report


Resources


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  2. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), BUILDING A LOW CARBON FUTURE FOR CONNECTICUT ACHIEVING A 45% GHG REDUCTION BY 2030; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/publications/BuildingaLowCarbonFutureforCTGC3Recommendationspdf.pdf.
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  19. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. 2022. Forests of Connecticut, 2021. Resource Update FS-370. Northern Research Station; www.fs.usda.gov/nrs/pubs/ru/ru_fs370.pdf.
  20. DEEP and the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Trends In Connecticut’s Forests: A Half-Century of Change, NE-INF-143-01; www.fs.usda.gov/ne/newtown_square/publications/brochures/pdfs/state_forests/ct_forest.pdf.
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  38. DoAg, Bureau of Aquaculture, personal communication with M. Zuber, January 23, 2023; portal.ct.gov/DOAG/Aquaculture1/Aquaculture/Aquaculture-Home-Page.
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  45. DEEP, Division of Marine Fisheries; personal communication from K. Gottschall March 16, 2023.
  46. DEEP, Wildlife; personal communication from L. Saucier, February 3, 2023.
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  50. DEEP, CT Bald Eagles, 2022 Statewide Summary, Wildlife Division, Wildlife Diversity Program, and State and Tribal Wildlife Grants programs; personal communication from B. Hess, January 3, 2023.
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  52. The Connecticut Audubon Society, “2022 Osprey Nation Report”; www.ctaudubon.org/osprey-nation-map-data/.
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  55. DEEP, Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Reptiles; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Endangered-Species/Endangered-Species-Listings/Endangered-Threatened--Special-Concern-Reptiles.
  56. DEEP, Wildlife Division, Wildlife Diversity Program, and State and Tribal Wildlife Grants programs; personal communication from B. Hess, February 17, 2021. No data for bats for 2022 per B. Hess January 3, 2023.
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  59. DEEP, Connecticut’s 2020 Forest Action Plan, December 2020; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/2020-Approved-CT-Forest-Action-Plan.pdf.
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