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• Forest Products

  Learn about forest products from Connecticut, such as firewood, Christmas trees, and more.

• Salt Impacts & Our Environment

• Transparency, Predictability & Efficiency Initiatives Overview

• Definitions

  Definitions of words used in official fishing regulations.

• DEEP Reminds Boaters to Purchase AIS Stamp Ahead of Targeted Enforcement this Labor Day Weekend

  (HARTFORD) – The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) reminds boaters to purchase an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Stamp ahead of enhanced enforcement efforts over Labor Day Weekend. Anyone who operates a motorboat or personal watercraft on Connecticut’s inland waters, including the designated inland waters of the Connecticut, Housatonic and Thames Rivers, is required to purchase an AIS Stamp. The AIS Stamp can be purchased through DEEP’s online Sportsmen Licensing System or wherever fishing licenses are sold. DEEP urges inland boaters who have not yet purchased their 2025 AIS Stamp, to do so before heading on the water this weekend. An AIS Stamp annual purchase is required for both Connecticut residents and out-of-state visitors operating a registered vessel on Connecticut’s inland waters.

• Joint Labor Day Statement on Offshore Wind From Governor Ned Lamont, Governor Maura Healey, Governor Kathy Hochul, Governor Dan McKee, and Governor Phil Murphy

  Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, Governor Dan McKee of Rhode Island, and Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey today released the following joint Labor Day statement on offshore wind

• Connecticut Celebrates Bat Week October 24 - 31

  (HARTFORD) — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is celebrating the importance of bats during Bat Week, an international event celebrated annually during the week before Halloween. Bats play a critical role in ecosystems worldwide and provide tremendous value to humans in a variety of ways. Bats in North America also currently face an unprecedented population crisis, making it even more important to call attention to these often-misunderstood creatures.

• Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons Starting Soon

  (HARTFORD) — Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced the dates for 2025-2026 migratory bird hunting seasons, which include seasons for ducks, geese, woodcock, snipe, rails, and crows.

• DEEP Requests Proposals for Recreational Trails Grants

  (HARTFORD) — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is now accepting proposals for the State’s Recreational Trails Grant Program. The grants awarded will be funded by a potential allocation of state bond funds in fiscal year 2026, authorized by CGS 23-103, as amended by PA 25-174, and may be limited by the actual amount allocated. An informational webinar will be offered October 16, and applications will be accepted through December 18, 2025.

• DEEP and CTDOT Celebrate Tunnel Lighting Project Completion on Hop River State Park Trail

  (HARTFORD) — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) are pleased to announce the completed installation of lighting in a 400-foot tunnel along the Hop River State Park Trail within Bolton Notch State Park. The project improves visibility for the many walkers, runners, and cyclists who use the trail each day.

• DEEP Reminds Boaters that Paddlers are Required to Wear Life Jackets Starting October 1

  (HARTFORD) – The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reminds boaters that state law requires anyone operating a canoe, kayak, stand-up paddleboard or other manually-propelled vessel between October 1 and May 31 must wear a personal floatation device (PFD).

• DEEP Reminds Residents to Be Bear Aware as Bears Increase Activity in the Spring

  (HARTFORD)— As black bear activity increases in the spring following winter denning season, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) warns residents to be “bear aware” and to do what they can to protect both their communities and bears by preventing human-bear conflicts. Now that bears are up and about, simple steps to avoid feeding bears--such as taking down birdfeeders--will reduce the likelihood of conflicts that can lead to potential harm for both people and bears.

• Body found in Connecticut River positively identified as 63-year-old man from Holyoke, MA

  (HARTFORD)- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) Environmental Conservation Police (EnCon) have positively identified a body recently located in the Connecticut River as a missing Massachusetts man.

• DEEP Highlights City of Groton Green Infrastructure Project That Will Reduce Flooding and Stormwater Pollution

  (HARTFORD, CT) – On Thursday, May 14, the City of Groton will show off its newly installed porous concrete at Washington Park, utilizing federal Clean Water Act Section 319 Grant funds the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) received through the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to improve water quality of Birch Plain Creek.

• Commissioner Dykes and Commissioner Juthani Statements on EPA’s Weakening of the Mercury Air Toxics Rule

  (HARTFORD)—Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Katie Dykes and Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) Commissioner Manisha Juthani released the following statements in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent announcement that it has rolled back air quality standards for coal-burning power plants that will result in greater emissions of heavy metals such as mercury, and other toxic pollutants. Mercury emissions pose a significant public health and environmental issue.