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Immediate Action Needed to STOP HB 5475 and the Weakening of Key Environmental Regulations

Attention Conservation Advocates! We need your help to STOP HB 5475, a bill that, despite its good intentions to promote affordable housing, will have devastating results in diluting inland wetlands protections and diminishing opportunities for…

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Earth Month Cleanup

Groton Open Space Association “This year we saw COVID masks added to the usual debris, but limited mylar balloons,” reflected…

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DEEP Invites Public Comment on ’21 Applications

Deadline | April 19, 2021 The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is inviting public comment on the 2021 round…

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Return of the Osprey

Deep River Land Trust On April 3rd, the Deep River Land Trust held an osprey and marsh bird viewing event at the Evelyn…

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Climate Adaptation Bill Moves Forward

This past Monday, the Environment Committee voted to approve HB 6441 – The Governor’s Act Concerning Climate Change Adaptation. HB 6441 includes several…

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Speaking up for A.I. Prince Technical H.S. Bioscience and Environmental Class

CLCC Blog Post – I stand here with a heavy heart!  The Connecticut Technical Education and Career System Board has…

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Advocating Together: An Act Concerning Climate Change Adaptation

Audubon Connecticut Connecticut Land Conservation Council Northwest CT Land Conservancy Roxbury Land Trust Steep Rock Association Towns of Ridgefield and Bethel and so…

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Finding Relief on the Trails

Lyme Land Trust East Haddam Land Trust The Nature Conservancy “That’s the one silver lining out of all of this,” said Kristina…

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A Bear-y Good Time

Cornwall Conservation Trust Colebrook Land Conservancy Dutchess Land Conservancy (NY) Salisbury Association Land Trust Sharon Land Trust Norfolk Land Trust…

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Speak up for Open Space Funding!

Your Testimony is Needed by Tuesday (3/23) On Wednesday (3/24), the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee is holding a public…

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