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University of Connecticut Connecticut GIS User to User Network, http://ctgis.uconn.edu/ Description: The Connecticut GIs User to User Network is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations that use GIs-based technologies and data in their day-to-day operations. The Network's purpose is to connect users through workshops, meetings and the Internet to share ideas, to learn about GIs activities, to explore collaborative opportunities and to discover information resources - all of which will promote a dynamic and innovative community of Connecticut GIs users. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut University of Connecticut Connecticut Sea Grant, http://www.seagrant.uconn.edu/ Description: Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG) collaborates with maritime industries and coastal communities to identify needs, and fund research, outreach, and educational activities that have special relevance to Connecticut and Long Island Sound. Our mission is to foster wise use and conservation of our coastal and marine resources. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut University of Connecticut GeoSpatial Technology Program, http://clear.uconn.edu/geospatial/default.htm Description: The GeoSpatial Technology Program provides technical education and training outside the traditional academic environment. The program's goal is to help municipal land use officials, staff and commission members understand and apply geospatial information technologies to help solve local land use problems and to develop environmentally sensitive land use plans. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut University of Connecticut Home and Garden Education Center, http://www.canr.uconn.edu/garden/ Description: The goal of the UConn Home & Garden Education Center is to be a highly respected and visible educational outreach program to the citizens of Connecticut. The Center is designed to meet the needs of an increasingly sophisticated audience by providing accurate, thorough and timely information on a wide variety of issues including: home horticulture, entomology, food safety, drinking water, septic system management, family financial management, soil testing, lead poisoning and indoor air quality. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page University of Connecticut NEMO: Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials, http://nemo.uconn.edu/ Description: An educational program for local land use officials that addresses the relationship of land use to natural resource protection. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut University of Connecticut MAGIC: Map and Geographic Information Center, http://mapserver.lib.uconn.edu/magic Description: MAGIC is an on-line library of digital geo-spatial data. MAGIC is the University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library's Map And Geographic Information Center. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut OTHER CONNECTICUT LINKS Appalachian Mountain Club Appalachian Mountain Club, http://www.outdoors.org/ Description: The enhancement program reflects a growing recognition that transportation programs, while vital for national mobility and international competitiveness, must also be environmentally sound. The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) encourages local communities to be directly involved in enhancement projects. Enhancement activities are a means to more creatively and sensitively integrate transportation facilities into the surrounding communities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Clean Water Action Clean Water Action: Connecticut, http://www.cleanwateraction.org/ct/index.htm Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, http://www.ccm-ct.org/ Description: The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is Connecticut's association of cities and towns. CCM provides member cities and towns with a wide array of other services, including management assistance, individualized inquiry service, assistance in municipal labor relations, technical assistance and training, policy development, research and analysis, publications, information programs, and service programs such as workers' compensation, liability-automobile-property, risk management, energy cost containment, and revenue collection assistance. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Connecticut Connecticut River Watershed Council Connecticut River Watershed Council, http://www.ctriver.org/ Description: Founded in 1952, the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) is the only broad-based citizen advocate for the environmental well-being of the entire Connecticut River. Our primary mission is to promote improvement of water quality and the restoration, conservation, wise development and use of the natural resources of the Connecticut River watershed. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont Connecticut State Judicial Branch Court Opinions, http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/aro.htm#Supreme Description: The Connecticut Judicial Branch website provides public access to Supreme Court and Appellate Court opinions prior to their publication in the Connecticut Law Journal. The "officially released" date that appears near the beginning of each opinion is the date the opinion will be published in the Connecticut Law Journal or the date it was released as a slip opinion. A searchable archive of court opinions is also available. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Connecticut State Library General Statutes of Connecticut, http://www.cslib.org/psaindex.htm Description: The Legislative Commissioners' Office is responsible for compiling the General Statutes of Connecticut and publishing a printed edition every other year. The browseable version of the General Statutes of Connecticut is the electronic version of the printed volumes and is also prepared under our direction. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page Conservation Law Foundation Conservation Law Foundation, http://www.clf.org/ Description: The Conservation Law Foundation is the oldest and largest regional environmental advocacy organization in the United States. We're based in New England, where our attorneys, scientists, economists, and policy experts work on the most significant threats to the natural environment of the region and its residents. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources Programs, http://www.dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/prgactiv.htm Description: A listing of the programs of the Bureau of Natural Resources of the DEP. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Water Management, http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wtr/index.htm Description: The mission of the Bureau of Water Management is to protect and restore the State's surface, ground waters, water related resources to protect public water supply, human health and safety, hazard mitigation, river restoration, preserve and enhance water based recreation, propagation of fish and aquatic life, and the natural character and economic well being of the State. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Grant Award Programs, http://www.dep.state.ct.us/business/grantprograms.htm Description: A List of various DEP grants and the contacts for those grants. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page Department of Environmental Protection Green Circle Award Program, http://www.dep.state.ct.us/pao/grncrc/greencircle.htm Description: The DEP established the GreenCircle Award program to recognize businesses, institutions, individuals and civic organizations who have undertaken pollution prevention, waste reduction or other projects promoting natural resource conservation and environmental awareness. To date, more than 600 awards have been granted to businesses, institutions, individuals and civic organizations for their involvement in over 850 projects. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Greenways, http://www.dep.state.ct.us/earthday/edgreenways.htm Description: Greenways are linear open spaces which can: provide corridors for the migration of birds and wildlife; become trails for non-motorized transportation or recreation, such as hiking, biking, horseback riding or roller blading; buffer rivers, streams, ridgelines, and other natural features; protect scenic vistas or preserve cultural and historic resources; and connect existing areas of open land or recreational trails from town to town or state to state. There are many greenways in Connecticut. Each year, the DEP awards small grants of up to $5000 to municipalities, regional planning organizations, and non-profit groups for greenway projects. Eligible activities will include planning and design work, placement of signs, informational and educational materials, and other non-construction activities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Office of Long Island Sound Programs, http://www.dep.state.ct.us/olisp/index.htm Description: The Office of Long Island Sound Programs administers and coordinates programs within the Department of Environmental Protection which have an impact on Long Island Sound and related coastal lands and waters. The Office undertakes long-range planning for Long Island Sound and is directly responsible for the implementation, oversight and enforcement of the state's coastal management and coastal permit authorities and provides technical and financial assistance to state and local government agencies. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Department of Health Drinking Water Division, http://www.dph.state.ct.us/BRS/Water/DWD.htm Description: The engineers, planners, environmental analysts, administrative and office support staff of the Drinking Water Division are dedicated to assuring the quality and adequacy of our State's public drinking water. This is accomplished by providing technical assistance, education and regulatory enforcement relative to both state laws and provisions of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. The DWD regulates over 4000 entities, which provide drinking water to almost every citizen of Connecticut. The DWD maintains a continued commitment to drinking water treatment and monitoring, protection of sources of drinking water, and consumer education, assuring the high standard of drinking water Connecticut's citizens have come to expect and enjoy. Topics: Healthy Communities, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page Environmental Protection Agency New England Drinking Water Program, http://www.epa.gov/ne/eco/drinkwater/index.html Description: Information about New England's Drinking Water including private wells, EPA's programs to protect, monitor, treat, and transfer drinking water to residents and businesses, funding opportunities, technical assistance and more. Topics: Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Environmental Protection Agency New England Rivers/Watersheds, http://www.epa.gov/NE/topics/water/watersheds.html Description: Information on Watersheds which are defined as those land areas that catch rain or snow and drain to specific marshes, streams, rivers, lakes, or to ground water. Topics: Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Environmental Protection Agency New England Wetlands, http://www.epa.gov/NE/topics/ecosystems/wetlands.html Description: Information on wetlands which in general terms are lands where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface. Wetlands vary widely because of regional and local differences in soils, topography, climate, hydrology, water chemistry, vegetation, and other factors, including human disturbance. Topics: Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Environmental Protection Agency Smart Growth Strategies in New England, http://www.epa.gov/region1/ra/sprawl/index.html Description: EPA New England launched a Smart Growth Program in 1999 at our Smart Growth Strategies for New England conference. The conference's success demonstrated widespread interest in the twin problems of sprawl and urban decay. Smart growth is an alternative to sprawl and urban decay, and is an innovative approach to addressing EPA's environmental mandates. Our Smart Growth Action Plan involves working with diverse partners to shape land use and growth so that it has minimum impact on environmental, economic, and community health. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Return to top of page Municipal Public Access Initiative Municipal Public Access Initiative, http://www.munic.state.ct.us/ Description: The Municipality Websites Page is intended to be a comprehensive listing of Municipally designated Official Websites as are available for the 169 towns and cities in Connecticut. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut MyWatershed.com MyWatershed.com, http://www.mywatershed.com/index.html Description: The mission of MyWatershed.com is that through active involvement, mailings & websites, educate residents about watersheds and nonpoint source pollution, offering new ways for residents to view and improve their surroundings, thereby improving water quality within watersheds. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island Natural Resource Conservation Service - USDA Connecticut NRCS, http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/ Description: NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists, engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural, urban centers, and forested. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut New England Regional Water Quality Program New England Regional Water Quality Program, http://www.usawaterquality.org/newengland/ Description: The CSREES New England Regional Water Quality Program works to improve water quality management through educational knowledge and extension programming that emerges from a research base. The program builds on the strengths of the Extension Water Quality Programs at the Land Grant Universities throughout New England. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Return to top of page Northeast-Midwest Institute Northeast-Midwest Institute, http://www.nemw.org Description: The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Norwalk River Watershed Association Norwalk River Watershed Association, http://www.norwalkriver.org/ Description: Working and partnering to improve the water quality and quality of life in the Norwalk, Silvermine, and Comstock watersheds. Topics:Healthy Communities, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New York Norwalk River Watershed Initiative Norwalk River Watershed Initiative, http://www.norwalkriverwatershed.org/ Description: The Norwalk River Watershed Initiative (NRWI or Initiative) is a partnership among federal and state agencies, watershed towns, local groups, and residents to address local water quality and resource protection problems and opportunities in the Norwalk River Watershed. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New York Pomeraug River Watershed Coalition Pomeraug River Watershed Coalition, http://www.pomperaug.org/ Description: The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition was formed by residents of Bethlehem, Woodbury, and Southbury, CT in 1999 to protect the quality and quantity of water in the Pomperaug Watershed--a 90 square mile area that provides both water and recreational opportunities for thousands of residents. The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition is working to create a partnership between local governments, businesses, environmental organizations and private citizens and regional, state and federal agencies to insure the health and vibrancy of the Pomperaug Watershed. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, http://thelastgreenvalley.org/QSHC_Welcome_page.html Description: In 1994, because many civic groups, businesses, volunteers and local and state governments banded together with technical assistance from the National Park Service, Congress recognized the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor and designated the region as a unique national resource. And in 1999, because of the same kind of grassroots efforts, Congress enlarged the National Heritage Corridor to include towns in the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance of Connecticut Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, http://www.riversalliance.org/ Description: Rivers Alliance seeks to protect Connecticut's rivers, streams, and watersheds by: coordinating the efforts of the state's many river and watershed groups; supporting and providing resources to local river conservation organizations and activists; encouraging supportive state laws, regulations, and programs regarding water allocation, watershed planning, and river protection; and providing speakers, holding conferences, and creating informational materials on the importance of river preservation and restoration. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut Save the Sound Save the Sound, http://www.savethesound.org/ Description: Save the Sound is a bi-state, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the restoration, protection, and appreciation of Long Island Sound and its watershed through advocacy, education and research. Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New York Smart Growth Network Connecticut Smart Growth News Articles, http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=CT&res=800 Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page Soil and Water Conservation Society Soil and Water Conservation Society: Southern New England, http://users.chronomedia.com/snec-swcs/ Description: The Soil and Water Conservation Society fosters the science and the art of soil, water and related natural resource management to achieve sustainability. We promote and practice an ethic recognizing the interdependence of people and the environment. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island State Office of Policy and Management Environmental Policy Act Overview, http://www.opm.state.ct.us/pdpd3/physical/CEPA/overview.htm Description: The purpose of the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA) is to identify and evaluate the impacts of proposed state actions which may significantly affect the environment. This evaluation provides the decision maker with information necessary for deciding whether or not to proceed with the project. The process also provides opportunity for public review and comment. Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut Town of Somers Town of Somers Land Use, http://town.somers.ct.us/landuse/ Description: On these pages you will find listings and information for all boards and commissions dealing with land use and development in our Town. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, http://www.na.fs.fed.us/ Description: The mission of the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area is to lead and help support sustainable forest management and use across the landscape to provide benefits for the people of the 20 Northeastern and Midwestern States and the District of Columbia. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia USDA Rural Development in Southern New England Rural Development in Southern New England, http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ma/ Description: USDA Rural Development in the Southern New England Jurisdiction offers a wealth of services and programs to rural communities. It is our mission to ensure that rural citizens participate fully in the global economy as well as to deliver programs in a way that will support increasing economic opportunity and improve the quality of life of rural residents. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Return to top of page CT Dept. of Environmental Protection Environmental Land Use Restrictions, http://www.dep.state.ct.us/pao/perdfact/elr.htm Description: Guidelines for environmental land use. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Fiscal Impact Water. Housing, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut American Farmland Trust Conservation Options for Connecticut Farmland, http://www.farmland.org/northeast/Connecticut_Landowner_Guide.pdf Description: A guide for landowners, land trusts and municipalities. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Fiscal Impact, Water. Housing, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut National Park Service River Dynamics and Erosion, http://www.crjc.org/pdffiles/rivdynero.pdf Description: Stabilization of your stream -or not. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water, Historic Preservation, Fiscal Impact, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut National Park Service Streambank stabilization for Connecticut river watershed , http://www.crjc.org/pdffiles/streamstab.pdf Description: How to stabilize streambeds in the Conn River Watershed Topics: Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water, Historic Preservation, Fiscal Impact, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut National Park Service Prioritizing Erosion Sites for Restoration, http://www.crjc.org/pdffiles/Erosion%201-8.pdf Description: Why control erosion along the Conn River? Topics: Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water, Historic Preservation, Fiscal Impact, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut MD Department of Planning Big Box Rural Development, http://www.mdp.state.md.us/mgs/bigbox/bigbox_v3.pdf Description: Impact, regulation, and implications of big-box store development Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water, , Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut Trust for Public Land Protecting Land to Safeguard Connecticut Water, http://www.tpl.org/content_documents/ct_water_toolbook.pdf Description: All about water and protecting it, a tool box for Connecticut Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water, , Transportation, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut Trust for Public Land Connecticut, a Legacy of Land, http://www.tpl.org/content_documents/ct_legacy_land.pdf Description: Annual report on protection of open space Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water, , Transportation, Healthy Communities, Fiscal Impact Jurisdiction: Connecticut 1000 Friends of MD CREP Start to Finish, http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov/news/FTPPublications/crepstarttofinish.pdf Description: Start to Finish -- What You Need to Know: a flyer explaining the eligibility requirements, landowner/tenant responsibilities, establishment of conservation practices, maintenance of conservation cover, and more. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water Jurisdiction: Connecticut
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