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New website permits easy mapping of natural and cultural resources.

The University of Connecticut (UConn) and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today unveiled a new website that will allow local land use decision makers to practice better landscape stewardship and protect important natural resources in their communities.

The site, the Community Resource Inventory (CRI) Online (http://nemo.uconn.edu/tools/cri) enables visitors to create a series of key natural and cultural resource maps for any of the state’s 169 municipalities, without any specialized knowledge of mapping or computer mapping technology. These maps provide essential information for land use planning at the local level. The maps are based on CT DEP and UConn statewide data. They include water resources, land cover, protected open space, and wetland and farmland soils, in addition to such cultural information as roads and utility service areas.

OUR BETTER NATURE

A new educational website with articles about conservation, open space, pollution prevention, wildlife and general environmental protection topics is available at http://www.ourbetternature.org. The site also has a comprehensive list of acronyms and a glossary of environmental terms. Organizations are welcome to link to the site, and to reprint articles from it for their hard copy newsletters.

Suggestions for future articles, or comments or corrections can be emailed to Bet Zimmerman at ebluebird@charter.net

The Green Valley Institute Has a New and Improved Website!

GVI's new website is easy to navigate and provides a lot more information for those addressing natural resource and community growth issues in the Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor and other areas of the state. Information on the website is organized by topics for municipal leaders, conservation commissioners, landowners and land trusts. There is a new planning and design section that focuses on plans of conservation and development and master plans, land use regulations, community design, smart growth and sustainable development. The conservation commission page has a great new example of a local natural resource inventory and a subdivision review checklist - just to name a few. There is also a publications page with downloadable fact sheets and brochures. Please visit GVI's new website at www.thelastgreenvalley.org/gvi

FARMLINK

Helping land owners, towns and land trusts to find farmers that want to sell their farms and farmers that wish to sell their land with potential buyers. Go to http://www.farmlink.uconn.edu/ , or contact Jane Slupecki for more info: 860-713-2588. Farmlink is another success due to PA 228, the Community Investment Act.

Resources

• Center for Watershed Protection
• Connecticut Parks and Forest
• Connecticut's Supreme Court Upholds Wetland Protection
• Connecticut's Soil and Water Conservation District
• Connecticut’s Five Reorganized Soil and Water Conservation Districts:
  What They can Do for Your Community
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Federal Commons
• Grants and Restoration Projects
• Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
• Managing Environmental Compliance in Connecticut
• Natural Resources Council of Connecticut (NRCC)
• Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS)
• Non-point Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)
• Phase II Stormwater for Regulated Small MS4s
  • EPA’s site for Best Management Practices
  • Measurable Goals Guidance for Phase II Small MS4s 
  • Center for Watershed Protection
  • Links to other Stormwater Sites
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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