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• DEEP Announces Program at Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby

  In appreciation of the outstanding achievements of women in Connecticut, the Kellogg Environmental Center will have two guest lecturers on Connecticut women in the suffragist movement and the history of inspirational Connecticut women.

• New Dates Announced for Meetings on Quinnipiac River Watershed Revised Flood Maps

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region I Boston office will hold two public open houses in Connecticut where residents can view revised flood maps that will become effective in twenty communities within the Quinnipiac River watershed.

• Connecticut Receives More Than $30 Million to Support Local Clean Water Projects

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced today that the State of Connecticut has been awarded over $30 million in Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund grants by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will be used to help finance community-based water infrastructure projects, including for public drinking water systems and municipal sewage plants.

• DEEP and AAA Urge Motorists to Watch for Deer and Moose This Fall

  The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and AAA reminds motorists to be watchful of increased deer and moose activity along roadways, especially during early morning and evening hours.

• DEEP Announces Opening Days of Upcoming Fall Firearms Hunting Seasons

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has announced the Opening Days of turkey and small game hunting seasons.

• Seaside State Park Planning Process Continues to Move Forward

  (HARTFORD) — Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) seeks public input to help inform the design of the Passive Park concept as it continues to make progress in its planning process for Seaside State Park in Waterford.

• Commissioner Dykes Statement on EPA Clean School Bus Award Announcement

• Connecticut Celebrates Food Waste Prevention Week April 1-7

  (HARTFORD) — With Governor Ned Lamont declaring April 1-7, 2024, as Connecticut Food Waste Prevention Week, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that all this week, the agency will be highlighting the need to reduce food waste and recover more for human consumption as a social, environmental, and economic issue.

• DEEP Stew Leonard and Greater Waterbury YMCA Highlight the Importance of Water Safety

  (HARTFORD)—Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Deputy Commissioner Mason Trumble joined Stew Leonard, Jr., President and CEO of regional supermarket company Stew Leonard’s, and Co-founder of the Stew Leonard III Water Safety Foundation; and officials from the Greater Waterbury YMCA Wednesday at Black Rock State Park to promote swimming safety and the importance of swim lessons, ahead of what’s likely to be a busy July Fourth holiday weekend on Connecticut waterbodies. DEEP Lifeguards also conducted a water safety demonstration Wednesday with children from the Greater Waterbury YMCA.

• DEEP To Host Public Workshop October 17 on Passive Park Concept for Seaside State Park

  (HARTFORD)--The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) will host a public workshop to inform the design of the Passive Park Concept for Seaside State Park in Waterford. The public workshop will be held in the Auditorium at the Waterford Town Hall on Thursday, October 17, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This workshop is the culmination of a public outreach initiative to inform the Passive Park Concept, which has included various stakeholder meetings and a public survey. After the public workshop, the architectural engineering firm DEEP contracted for the project will use the information and ideas gathered through the outreach and planning process to prepare a design for the Passive Park Concept at Seaside State Park.

• DEEP Urges Caution as State Park Lifeguard Presence Reduced on Labor Day Weekend

  (HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today reminded State Park visitors that the number of lifeguards at State Park swimming areas will be reduced over Labor Day weekend, and that Monday, September 2nd, will be the last day for lifeguard coverage in the State Park swimming areas.

• CT DEEP Announces a Public Information Meeting for the Proposed Renovation of the Mansfield Hollow Lake State Boat Launch in Mansfield

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that a public information meeting or “open house” is scheduled from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, in the Council Chamber at the Mansfield Town Hall- Audrey P. Beck Municipal Building, located at 4 S. Eagleville Road, Mansfield, CT.

• 2019 Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Season Opens April 24

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is reminding hunters that the 2019 Connecticut spring wild turkey hunting season runs from April 24 through May 25.

• Governor Lamont Announces $30 Million Investment for Infrastructure Improvements at State Parks

  (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont, chairman of the State Bond Commission, today announced that the commission voted at its meeting this morning to approve an allocation of $30 million that will be used for infrastructure repairs and refurbishment needed across the Connecticut State Parks system, including $3 million that will be used to make critical repairs at state parks impacted by the extreme flash flooding event Connecticut experienced on August 18, 2024.

• Lt. Governor, DEEP and DAS Commissioners, Cut Ribbon on New DEEP Western District Headquarters, the First Net Zero Executive Branch State Building

  (HARTFORD)--Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz today joined Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Katie Dykes and Department of Administrative Services (DAS) Commissioner Michelle Gilman for a ribbon-cutting and tour of DEEP’s new Western District Headquarters in Watertown. The new headquarters is the first net zero executive branch state building.