- Brush and Stump Management
Information from the CT Department of Environmental Protection on how to dispose of untreated organic materials in an ecologically-sound way.
http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/compost/bstumps.htm
- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Information on research activities, services and resources provided, and special events, all at locations in New Haven, Hamden and Windsor. Includes plant pest handbook and "insect of the week."
http://www.caes.state.ct.us/
- Connecticut Botanical Society
Photo gallery plus information on native plants for gardening, field trip schedule, membership form and links to related sites.
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/
- Connecticut Notable Trees Project
Lists and photos of the largest trees in the state, plus information on projects, certificate program, lectures, with links to related sites.
http://notabletrees.conncoll.edu/
- Connecticut Woodlands
Online edition of quarterly print publication with articles, news, legislative and environmental issues, and subscription information.
http://www.ctwoodlands.org/ctwoodlands/Woodlands.html
- Conservation of Private Grazing Land
Initiative that will ensure that technical, educational and related assistance is provided to those who own private grazing lands.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cpgl/
- Forestry Incentives Program
Voluntary cooperative program with land users to encourage the development, management and protection of non-industrial private forestland.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/fip/
- Invasive Species Identification Sheets
Information on non-native organisms and the problems they create. Fact sheets provided in PDF format.
http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/invas-factsheets.html
- SALT: Smaller American Lawns Today
Movement introduced by William Niering, Professor of Botany at Connecticut College, which promotes restoring residential and commercial grounds to harmonious ecology and sound landscapes.
http://www.conncoll.edu/ccrec/greennet/arbo/salt/salt.html
- Soil Testing
Information provided on how to submit soil samples for testing either in the New Haven or Windsor facility of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
http://www.caes.state.ct.us/Soiloffice/soiltesting.htm
- The American Chestnut Tree
Details of how the tree, once abundance in the east, was brought down by disease.
http://www.munic.state.ct.us/BURLINGTON/chestnuttree.htm
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