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.
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
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Forest Practices Act and Utilization and Marketing Programs
Information on the Forest Practices Act and utilization and marketing programs.
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How Forests Offset Climate Change and Its Impacts
Introduction to how forests offset climate change and its impacts
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An introduction to how a forest absorbs and releases carbon, where it stores carbon, and what influences forest carbon accumulation dynamics.
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Climate Change and Connecticut Forests
An introduction to the relationship between climate change and its impacts and Connecticut forests.
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An introduction to the how and why to manage for healthy forests in Connecticut.
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Why Manage Forests in the Face of Climate Change
Forest management practices can be tailored to improve forest health, resilience, and adaptability, and they also create opportunities to increase forests’ capacity to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on society.
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Information on Dry Hydrant Grants, Community Fire Control Grants, and fire department support.
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Connecticut utilizes SFA funds for dry hydrant installation grant.
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Information on Forest Protection staff and program.
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The Rural Fire Council meets twice per year, and has been instrumental with collecting data, making important suggestions and connections, and has provided support to the Forest Protection Program.
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Forest Fire Weather Information and Danger Explanations
Information on Connecticut Fire Weather, list-serv, and fire season.
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The DEEP Division of Forestry's Forest Protection Program provides support to local fire departments for wildlife incidents and loans out a Smokey Bear suit for fire education events.
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Learn about grants for wildfire control and protection.
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Wildlife Habitat Management on Private Land
A partnership to help private landowners increase the quantity and quality of young forest habitat for wildlife on their property.
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DEEP staff and volunteers have conducted surveys on state lands with shrubland habitat to monitor songbird populations.
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.