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• Definitions

  Definitions of words used in official fishing regulations.

• Environmental Online Permits

  Environmental Online Permits

• 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.

• Natchaug State Forest

• Bats in Distress

  Because of their potential to carry rabies, specialized protocol dictates how to handle situations that involve bats.

• Deer in Distress

  Rehabilitating an injured, adult deer is prohibited due to the potential dangers to humans and to the lack of success in trying to confine an adult deer for long term care.

• Black Bear Agricultural Damage

  Program for dealing with damage to crops, livestock, and apiaries caused by black bears.

• DEEP Launches 2021 Seasonal Recruitment Effort

  Want to work a fun job in the outdoors this year? The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) invites you to apply to join our seasonal workforce!

• DEEP Asks Residents To Take Feeders Down and Be On the Lookout for Sick Songbirds

  (HARTFORD)—The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is alerting residents to a mortality event occurring in parts of the United States among certain species of fledgling songbirds, and asking residents to take certain precautionary measures.

• Gov Lamont and DEEP Commissioner Dykes Applaud Over 36 Million in SBC Funding

  Funding will go Toward Infrastructure Repairs and New Building Projects; Open Space Acquisitions; Energy Efficiency Improvements; and Recreational Trails

• MEDIA AVAILABILITY: DEEP Commissioner Dykes, HRRA Town Officials, Stakeholders to Hold Press Conference Celebrating Launch of HRRA Glass Recycling Program

  (HARTFORD)—On Thursday, August 26th, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes, along with the Mayors and First Selectmen of the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority (HRRA) region, and other recycling stakeholders, will hold a press conference to highlight the importance of a new glass recycling program for HRRA member towns, which will help to address the issue of glass contamination in our mixed recycling stream, contributing to a greater amount of recycled material and another important step in the effort to solve Connecticut’s waste disposal crisis.

• DEEP Accepting Grant Proposals for Clean Vessel Act program for 2022 Boating Season

  The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is now accepting competitive grant proposals for the federal Clean Vessel Act (CVA) program for the 2022 boating season.

• Learn to Fish with the DEEP CARE Program This Spring/Summer!

  Interested in learning how to fish? The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)’s Fisheries Division, through its Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education (CARE) program, is here to help you get into fishing by offering free Introduction to Fishing ZOOM classes and special “fishing field trips” offered through the summer at waterbodies around the state!