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This is a list of Superfund sites in Connecticut designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ( DEEP) is a state agency in the US state of Connecticut. The department oversees the state's natural resources and environment and regulates public utilities and energy policy. It is headquartered in Hartford . The agency was created on July 1, 2011, by the merging of two other ...
Dogs, wolves, coyotes, and foxes (Order Carnivora, Family Canidae) Red fox. Coyote ( Canis latrans) — first spotted in Connecticut in the mid-1950s, with the first 10 years of reports only in the northwestern part of the state, although they have since spread across the entire state. [ 17]
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust. Woodbury. Litchfield. Protects 2,000 acres of open space in several towns including seven nature preserves and sanctuaries. Goodwin Forest Conservation Education Center. Hampton. Windham. Operated by the CT DEEP in the 2000-acre James L. Goodwin State Forest.
This is a list of state parks, reserves, forests and wildlife management areas (WMAs) in the Connecticut state park and forest system, shown in five tables. The first table lists state parks and reserves, the second lists state park trails, the third lists state forests, the fourth lists Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and the fifth lists other state-owned, recreation-related areas.
Scientists at the University of Connecticut together with principals at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) have identified numerous plant species that pose a threat to habitats, human health and economy. The list below is a partial inventory of non-native species that are considered to be an existing threat ...
"Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 1 February 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
Connecticut's Eastern border fault was formed, a fault which begins in New Haven and stretches 130 miles up to Keene, New Hampshire. As a result, the land west of this fault was downset, resulting in a rift valley and causing the land to tilt an average of 15 to 25 degrees. The fault is currently inactive.