Climate Change
Addressing climate change presents residents, businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities a chance to create, evolve, and maintain a sustainable environment, a robust economy, and a higher quality of life today and tomorrow.
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skilled nursing homes in CT have a variety of opportunities for energy efficiency upgrades, as well as waste reduction and other environmentally preferable practices.
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Shoreline Preservation Task Force - Testimony
Testimony given before the Connecticut General Assembly's Shoreline Preservation Task Force
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Connecticut is seeking designaton of a National Estuarine Research Reserve to protect and study its estuarine systems.
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Access to Your Boat: Your Littoral Rights
Explains the littoral rights of coastal property owners.
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Families of Connecticut Freshwater Fishes
Learn the defining characteristics of Connecticut's freshwater fish families!
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Smelt are important forage fish for large pelagic predators such as striped bass in estuaries and brown trout in lakes.
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Also known as “tidewater” silverside. They are less common than and very difficult to distinguish from the Atlantic silverside without magnification.
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Who Owns The Shore:The Public Trust
An overview of the Public Trust Doctrine
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Information about tidal wetlands for coastal property owners
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Information about coastal nonpoint source pollution for coastal property owners.
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Rights and opportunities for coastal property owners
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Forest Practices Temporary Task Force
Forest Practices Act Temporary Task Force
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Coastal NPS Program - Wetland Links
Additional resources and links about reducing NPS in wetlands and riparian areas
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Coastal NPS Program - Agriculture Links
Additional resources and links about reducing NPS from agriculture
Recycling
Connecticut disposes of 2.4 million tons of trash annually, an estimated 1,370 pounds of trash per person per year. That's too much! Learn more about how we manage our waste and how to help us move toward more waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
DEEP Programs & Services
DEEP conserves, improves and protects Connecticut's natural resources and the environment, and makes cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy available to people and businesses. Find DEEP's programs and services here.