Vision, Goals, and Objectives of Connecticut's 2025 Wildlife Action Plan

Vision

Connecticut’s diverse native fish, plants, wildlife species, and associated habitats are conserved for their intrinsic value and the ecological and social benefits they provide.

Goal 1: Connecticut has healthy and resilient populations of native fish, wildlife, and plants.

Objective 1.1: Conduct applied research and monitoring to understand the status, trends, issues, and impacts of issues facing Connecticut’s fish, wildlife, and plant species.

Objective 1.2: Increase and maintain abundance, distribution, resiliency, redundancy, and representative populations of Connecticut’s fish and wildlife.

Goal 2: Connecticut has healthy and diverse habitats and ecosystems supporting native species.

Objective 2.1: Improve and maintain the quality, distribution, functions, and processes of Connecticut’s species and their habitats.

Goal 3: Issues impacting Connecticut’s native species and their habitats are identified, understood, and addressed.

Objective 3.1: Identify the types, extent, and impacts of key threats to Connecticut’s species and their habitats.

Objective 3.2: Identify appropriate actions needed to address issues negatively impacting Connecticut’s species and their habitats.

Goal 4: Actions are taken to protect Connecticut’s native species and their habitats.

Objective 4.1: Implement actions to prevent and minimize issues negatively impacting Connecticut’s species and their habitats.

Objective 4.2: Implement actions to recover and increase the abundance of declining or vulnerable species.

Objective 4.3: Implement actions to increase the quality, quantity, and diversity of Connecticut’s habitats.

Goal 5: Connecticut’s native species and their habitats, associated threats, and actions taken to minimize threats are monitored and evaluated to ensure goals and objectives (above) are being met.

Objective 5.1: Monitor and evaluate the status and trends of Connecticut’s species and their habitats.

Objective 5.2: Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the actions taken to benefit Connecticut’s species and habitats.

Objective 5.3: Use monitoring results to inform evaluations and make needed changes in conservation actions.

Goal 6: People are informed about and engaged in protecting Connecticut’s native species and habitats.

Objective 6.1: Increase familiarity, interest, and engagement of a diversity of partners in the implementation and evaluation of actions to benefit Connecticut’s species and their habitats.

Objective 6.2: Increase public familiarity, interest, and engagement in protecting Connecticut’s species and their habitats.

Objective 6.3: Ensure equitable access to the benefits of Connecticut’s species and their habitats among all members of the public.

Learn more about Connecticut's Wildlife Action Plan.

Content last updated on January 24, 2025.