News Releases - 2019

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• 5/1/2019 Wild Orphans -To Rescue or Not

  What should you do if you come across a young bird or mammal that appears to be orphaned or injured?

• 5/6/2019 Celebrate Local and National Conservation at the Kellogg Environmental Center

  Join us at the Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby, Connecticut as we celebrate the history of two pioneering conservation organizations and learn more about the future of land and natural resource conservation.

• 5/23/2019 Gov. Lamont Kicks Off 2019 Connecticut State Parks Season, Highlights Recreational Opportunities Across State

  Governor Ned Lamont and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Katie Dykes today kicked off the beginning of the state parks summer season in Connecticut.

• 5/22/2019 DEEP Announces Measures to Protect Shorebirds at Coastal Beaches and Wading Birds at Offshore Islands

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that Charles Island in Milford and Duck Island in Westbrook will be closed to the public from now through September 9, 2019 to prevent disturbances to nesting birds.

• 5/7/2019 May 25: Pollinator Day at the Kellogg Environmental Center

  Join us at the Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Avenue, Derby, Connecticut to explore pollinators.

• 5/30/2019 Annual Wild Turkey Brood Survey

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) invites 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.

• 5/23/2019 DEEP Completes 2019 Channel Catfish Stockings

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that Channel Catfish, one of the most sought after freshwater game fish species in the country, were stocked into nineteen (19) water bodies located throughout Connecticut (see list of locations below) on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

• 4/3/2019 Grant Funds Available for Marine Pumpout Programs to Protect Waters of Long Island Sound

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that it is seeking grant proposals from owners and operators of public or private marine facilities on Long Island Sound and Candlewood Lake for the installation of a new marine sewage disposal facility (MSDF); facilities with existing MSDFs in need of substantial repairs or upgrades; and from those seeking funding to operate new or existing MSDFs, including pumpout boats and central vacuum pumpout systems which are incorporated within the marina or boatyard dock system.

• 4/23/2019 Governor Lamont Signs Order Directing State Agencies to Reduce Energy Consumption and Environmental Impacts

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed an executive order – his first since being sworn into office earlier this year – that directs executive branch state office buildings and vehicle fleets to become greener and more energy efficient through an expanded “Lead By Example” sustainability initiative aimed at reducing the state’s carbon footprint and reducing the cost of government operations.

• 4/21/2019 Environmental Conservation Police Arrest Two in Connection with Vandalism, Container Fires at Silver Sands State Park

  The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (EnCon) Environmental Conservation Police arrested two individuals in connection with the vandalism and fire that occurred on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at Silver Sands State Park in Milford.

• 4/28/2019 Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Announces National Air Quality Awareness Week, April 29 - May 3

  With summertime in only weeks away, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) encourages residents to help reduce air pollution as part of National Air Quality Awareness Week, which runs from April 29th to May 1st and coincides with the beginning of the 2019 ozone forecasting season in Connecticut.

• 4/7/2019 DEEP Reminds Residents to Be Bear Aware

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reminds residents to take steps to reduce encounters and potential conflicts with black bears.

• 4/11/2019 Local School Children Help with Fish Stocking at Hartford’s Keney Park in Preparation for Opening Day

  This morning Deputy Commissioner Susan Whalen of CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) joined local school students from Prince Technical High School at Keney Park in Hartford where they stocked the lake with trout in preparation for the opening day of fishing this Saturday.

• 4/17/2019 DEEP Environmental Conservation Police Euthanize Bobcat Suspected in Attacks in Baltic

  At approximately 8:00 am today, April 18, a bobcat reportedly attacked a horse in Baltic.

• 4/10/2019 Opening Day is this Saturday, April 13th

  Opening Day of the trout fishing season is this Saturday, April 13, starting at 6:00 a.m. sharp!