News Releases - 2017

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• 1/10/2017 11th Annual No Child Left Inside® Winter Festival

  Grab your winter gear, bundle up your children and join us for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) No Child Left Inside® 11th annual FREE Winter Festival at Burr Pond State Park, 384 Burr Mountain Road, Torrington.

• 1/12/2017 DEEP Re-opens Trails at Sessions Woods WMA

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced that trails at Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Burlington will re-open today, Thursday, January 12, after being closed since October for a forestry operation on an eight-acre area.

• 9/7/2017 Book Reading and Signing Featuring Local Artist’s Wildlife Photographs

  Join photographer and author, Tammy DiCenso, at the Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby, on Saturday, September 16 at 10:00 a.m. for a special book reading and signing.

• 9/20/2017 DEEP and CAES Discover an Established Population of Lone Star Ticks Along Coastal Connecticut

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) report that a heavy population of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, has been detected at Manresa Island (former Norwalk Harbor Station) in South Norwalk, Connecticut, marking the first known established reproducing population in the State.

• 8/4/2017 DEEP Launches Resource Assessment in Response to Executive Order 59

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) have launched a joint process that will lead to a study of the current and projected future viability of the Millstone nuclear generating facilities, the role of such facilities as well as others in meeting Connecticut’s carbon and other emission targets, and mechanisms to achieve those targets.

• 5/15/2017 DEEP Honors Environmental Conservation Police Officers: Annual Ceremony Recognizes Outstanding Performance

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee recognized several Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police Officers and others for their exemplary work in protecting Connecticut’s citizens and the environment at a ceremony on May 15 at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford.

• 5/12/2017 Great Park Pursuit Connecticut State Parks Family Adventure Begins May 13th

  May 13th is a great day to be outdoors with your family – first day of Connecticut’s Great Park Pursuit, Connecticut State Parks Family Adventure and Free Fishing Day across the state.

• 5/11/2017 Wild “Orphans:” To Rescue or Not?

  Spring and summer are busy times for people and animals.

• 1/24/2017 Connecticut Conservation Education/Firearms Safety Program

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced a series of hunting seminars coordinated by the DEEP’s Conservation Education/Firearms Safety (CE/FS) Program.

• 10/3/2017 Roads and Bike Paths to Meigs and East Beach at Hammonasset Closed Due to Construction Project

  Roads and bike paths to two beach areas at Hammonasset Beach State Park - Meigs and East Beach – are closed because of a project that is underway to improve water and electrical systems within the park.

• 9/27/2017 DEEP Announces $1 Million in Federal Grants Awarded for Marine Sewage Disposal Facilities for the 2018 Boating Season

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that for the 2018 boating season, 43 marine facilities will receive $997,188 in funding under the annual Federal Clean Vessel Act (CVA) program.

• 5/3/2017 Osborne Homestead Museum Celebrates Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) celebrates Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day at the Osborne Homestead Museum in Derby, Connecticut on Sunday, June 25 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• 5/23/2017 DEEP Completes 2017 Catfish Stockings

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that for the eleventh 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.)

• 5/31/2017 Annual Wild Turkey Brood Survey Participate in a Citizen Science Project for CT DEEP

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) urges residents to keep a tally of all sightings of hen turkeys and poults (young-of-the-year) from June 1 through August 31 as part of the Wildlife Division’s Annual Wild Turkey Brood Survey.

• 6/30/2017 Tea Workshop at the Kellogg Estate

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) invites Downton Abbey fans and others who enjoy the taste of fruit-flavored teas and delicious herbal blends to a Victorian tea workshop at the Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby, on Saturday, July 8, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.