Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

Emergency Burn Ban In Effect 10/26/24 - An emergency burn ban is now in effect for all Connecticut State Parks, Forests, and Wildlife Management areas, prohibiting the use of all outdoor grills, firepits, and campfires, and the kindling and use of flame outdoors. DEEP and local agencies are working to contain several active fires across the state. Please avoid all affected State Parks and Forests, as well as the blue-blazed Mattabesett Trail. The Enduro Trail in Voluntown and portions of North Stonington within the Pachaug State Forest are closed at this time. Rocky Neck State Park is also closed until further notice due to a brush fire. Please note that today's forest fire danger report remains at a 'very high' or 'extreme' level. More information about the current fire danger, burn ban and recommended safety measures can be found here

Aerial Photographs

One of the favorite resources for viewing Connecticut’s historic landscape is aerial photography. They have no equal as a factual record of the landscape at a given moment in time. The Connecticut State Library Archives has in-print photographs available for public review dating from the 1930s to 1995.

At least two statewide coverages and a few partial coverages are available on-line. The University of Connecticut’s MAGIC website offers photomosaics of the 1934 and 1991 flights. These are mosaic composites which allow you to move over, or pan, across the surface of the state without interruption. The seven-decades-old 1934 photography is especially fascinating in that it provides a window into the past when the state was dominated by farms and woodlands.

In addition, Microsoft’s Terraserver provides photography from the early 1990s that covers the entire nation.