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• Bird in Hand Banding Demonstration

  2018 is the Year of the Bird!

• DEEP Announces Completed State Fire Assistance Dry Hydrant Grants

  The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Division of Forestry today announces that nine fire departments have completed the installation of dry hydrants funded in part by State Fire Assistance funds.

• DEEP Announces Winner of 2018 Connecticut Duck Stamp Art Contest

  In a contest filled with great artwork, a panel of judges recently selected Indiana artist Jeffrey Klinefelter’s depiction of buffleheads flying across Barn Island Wildlife Management Area as the winner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) 2018 Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation (Duck) Stamp Art Contest.

• DEEP Forecasts Elevated Levels of Ozone for parts of Connecticut Today May 25, 2018 and Saturday May 26, 2018

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is forecasting Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) for ozone, along south coastal areas of Connecticut today May 25, 2018, and will continue through Saturday May 26, 2018.

• Geology Hike at Osbornedale State Park

  On Sunday, May 13 from 1 pm to 2:30 pm, join retired UConn geology professor Randy Steinen for a hike through Osbornedale State Park.

• Gov. Malloy Announces $7.5 Million to Fund Clean Air Projects from Volkswagen Settlement

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is making available $7.5 million dollars from the national legal settlement in the Volkswagen (VW) Corporation emissions cheating scandal to fund clean air projects.

• Monday Update on State Parks Impacted by Last Week’s Storm

  The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) State Parks Division over the weekend continued work to clear the damage at the four state parks impacted by last Tuesday’s storm. DEEP announced that Squantz Pond State Park has reopened as of today. Sleeping Giant and Wharton Brook will remain closed through the holiday weekend, no timeline has been set on when those two parks will reopen.

• Great Park Pursuit: Connecticut State Parks Family Adventure Begins Saturday May 12th

  May 12th is a great day to be outdoors with your family – it’s the first day of Connecticut’s No Child Left Inside® Great Park Pursuit: Connecticut State Parks Family Adventure and Family Fishing Day across the state.

• DEEP Update on State Park Closures

  The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) State Parks Division continues to clean up damage to the Connecticut State Parks that were most impacted by Tuesday’s storm.

• DEEP Completes 2018 Channel Catfish Stockings

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that for the twelfth consecutive year, one of the most sought after freshwater game fish species in the country, the Channel Catfish, has been stocked into twenty-four water bodies across Connecticut (see list of locations below.)

• Put Bats on Your Treat List This Halloween

  As Halloween approaches, images of bats are everywhere -- from holiday decorations to super hero costumes and haunted house tours.

• Dr. Lucianne Lavin, PhD to speak at Kellogg Environmental Center Derby

  November is Native American Heritage Month and Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) invites you to attend a special presentation, by Lucianne Lavin, PhD, Director of Research and Collections for the Institute for American Indian Studies, on Wednesday, November 1 at 7:00 p.m. at the Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Avenue, Derby, Connecticut.

• DEEP Announces $183,000 in Federal Grant Funds Available for Clean Diesel Projects

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has announced the availability of $183,000 in federal funds for grants to local and state governments, as well as businesses and organizations, who want to replace large, older diesel engines with electric or newer, cleaner-burning engines.

• Life Jackets Increase Chances of Surviving Boating Accidents Especially as Waters Cool in Fall

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reminds all boaters that from October 1 – May 31, Connecticut law requires anyone using a manually propelled vessel – such as a kayak, canoe, stand up paddleboard or rowboat – to wear a proper fitting life jacket at all times.

• Motorists, Watch for Deer and Moose this Fall

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