Directory of Science and Environment Resources

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Information about Connecticut's natural environment as well as scientific activities and organizations specific to the state.

Subcategories

• Academic Research
• Agriculture
• Animal Life
• Capitol Area Metro Region
• Conservation and Endangered Species
• Fairfield County
• Fossils and Paleontology
• Hartford County
• Land Trusts
• Litchfield County
• Marine
• Middlesex County
• Nature Centers
• New Haven County
• New London County
• Organizations
• Parks
• Tolland County
• Water Resources
• Weather
• Windham County
• Zoos and Aquariums

Resources in This Category

• Climate Change

  http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=4423&q=521742&deepNav_GID=2121
  Information from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection includes greenhouse gas inventory, state action plan, initiatives, programs, news and events.

• Connecticut Audubon EcoTravel

  http://www.ctaudubon.org/ecotravel/
  Information on day and overnight trips for birdwatching and other naturalist pursuits, in Connecticut and worldwide.

• Connecticut Butterfly Association

  http://www.ctbutterfly.org/
  Promotes the awareness and appreciation of butterflies and moths. Field trips, programs, checklist, species accounts, and field notes.

• Connecticut Butterfly Atlas Project

  http://peabody.yale.edu/collections/entomology/connecticut-butterfly-atlas-project
  Project in which statewide participants identify species of butterflies. Sponsored by the State Geological and Natural History Survey of the CT DEP, the Connecticut Butterfly Association and the Connecticut Entomological Society.

• Connecticut Forest & Park Association

  http://www.ctwoodlands.org/
  Conservation and education organization shares its mission, programs, news and education programs.

• Connecticut Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes

  http://www.usa.com/connecticut-state-natural-disasters-extremes.htm
  Historical natural disasters and weather extremes information, including earthquakes, volcanos, tornados, and other extreme natural events.

• Degree Confluence Project

  http://www.confluence.org/region.php?id=2
  Contains photographs of the intersections of integer latitude and longitude degree lines for Connecticut project sites.

• Geology of Connecticut

  http://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1995/5/95.05.01.x.html
  Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute presents a general introduction to the topic, intended for use in an 8th or 9th grade science classroom.

• Home and Garden Education Center

  http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu/
  Educational outreach programs for the citizens of the state, including home horticulture, soil testing, lead poisoning, indoor air quality, septic system management and entomology.

• The Connecticut Envirothon

  http://www.ctenvirothon.org/
  Problem solving, natural resource education program for high school students which culminates in field competition.

• The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments

  http://www.rivercog.org/
  Provides services areas of land use, transportation, and conservation to the towns of Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Middlefield, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland and Westbrook.

• USGS Minerals Information for Connecticut

  http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/state/ct.html
  Provides Minerals Yearbook from 1994 forward, plus map of principal mineral-producing localities report in PDF format.

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