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The Habitat
Fall 2023

  • The 46th Annual Meeting & Environmental Conference: speakers, workshops & schedule
  • CACIWC News
  • Annual Conference Registration guidance
  • CIPWG Native Plants & Pollinators Conference
  • DEEP State Wildlife Action Plan Survey
  • Member Contact Information & Survey Responses Requested

 

The Habitat
Summer 2023

  • Learn How Conservation Commissions Can Increase Climate Change Resiliency
  • Exacerbating Challenges of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • CACIWC News 
  • Journey to the Legal Horizon
  • CT State of the Birds
  • Ann Letendre Honored
  • Save the Date - 2023 Annual Meeting
  • Member Contact Information & Surveys

 

The Habitat
Spring 2023

  • The 45th Annual Meeting & Environmental Conference
  • CACIWC News
  • Journey to the Legal Horizon
  • Collaboration to Protect Eastern Hemlocks
  • Food Forests: Feeding a Community
  • Flooding Awareness Workshops
  • Member Survey Information

 

The Habitat
Summer 2022

  • 45th Annual Meeting & Environmental Conference speakers, workshops & schedule
  • CACIWC News
  • Annual Conference Registration guidance
  • CIPWG Virtual Invasive Plant Symposium
  • Governor’s 50th Anniversary Proclamation
  • CACIWC Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the CT Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Act!

 

 

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Fall 2017

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Welcome

"Dedicated to constant vigilance, judicious management and conservation of our precious natural resources."

Mission Statement: "To promote the statutory responsibilities of Connecticut Conservation Commissions and Inland Wetland Commissions and to foster environmental quality through education and through the conservation and protection of wetlands and other natural resources." caciwc



Our CACIWC 46th Annual Meeting and Environmental Conference was held
     Saturday, November 11, 2023



Keynote Speaker - Professor of Marine Sciences and CIRCA Executive Director James O’Donnell, PhD
 
 

Click here for more information!



Membership Dues
July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 are Due!


Membership Application & Renewal Forms

Click here to download the printable form.

Click here for our convenient online form 

You can pay online with credit card, debit card, or PayPal account, or mail your payment via check (checks made out to “CACIWC”) to:

CACIWC, Inc.
deKoven House Community Center
27 Washington Street
Middletown, CT 06457 

 

 

CACIWC members 

The final version of the Connecticut's 2015 Wildlife Action Plan has been approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The plan is on the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) website. Click here 

CACIWC members please note:

CACIWC has been invited to partner with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to help develop and implement the next revision (2025) of the Connecticut’s State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP). Would you or your commission would like to be involved with this revision? Please contact at: board@caciwc.org

The existing 2015 plan is located on the DEEP website:  Click here

 

 

CT Governor Ned Lamont proclaims 2022 as "The Year of Inland Wetlands and Watercourses"

Read Proclamation >>


ALERT
Please report sightings of Spotted Lanternfly  Lycorma delictula

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) renewed its Notice of Order of Quarantine on January 1, 2023, to help prevent and slow spread of the Spotted Lanternfly first identified in Fairfield and New Haven Counties. This imported insect pest can feed on more than 70 species of plants and has the potential to threaten half of Connecticut trees. For more information on identifying and reporting sightings of this insect species, please see:

Spotted Lanternfly - CAES

Spotted Lanternfly - CT DEEP


ALERT
Report Sightings of Invasive Mile-A-Minute

Mile-a-minute vineMile a MinuteVine Mile-a-minute vine is a highly invasive annual plant from eastern Asia that can quickly cover, outcompete and replace native vegetation, damaging habitat for native plants and animals. Early detection and rapid response are essential for control. Mile-a-minute was first found in Connecticut in Fairfield County in 1997. Since then, it has spread to 20 Connecticut towns, as far east as Stonington and as far north as Simsbury. Mile-a-minute spreads by seed and quickly grows into dense stands. Seeds are spread by wind and water.

For more information please read: Cheah, Carole and Ellis, Donna 2022. Biological Control of Mile-a-Minute Weed in Connecticut. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 1083. June 2022, available at: Click here

For additional information, including questions on reporting, please contact:
Carole Cheah, Ph.D.
Research Entomologist Valley Laboratory
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
153 Cook Hill Road
Windsor, CT 06095
carole.cheah@ct.gov

 

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Other Conferences and Workshops

CLEAR Webinar:
CT’s New Geodata Portal 

On September 13 Connecticut’s first Geographic Information Officer, Alfredo Herrera, spoke about the mission, goals, and activities of the new CT GIS Office and the new CT Geodata Portal. The CT Geodata Portal is a catalog of geospatial data and apps developed by Connecticut state agencies and partner organizations. Alfredo spoke about different ways to use the Geodata Portal and what is planned in the future. 

The webinar was recorded and available in the CLEAR Webinar Library.

 

 

Environmental Job Postings

The Town of Woodstock is looking for qualified professionals to serve as a part-time Inland Wetlands Agent and a part-time Zoning Enforcement Officer. The two positions can be combined into one full-time position if the candidate meets the qualifications. Responses will be accepted until 4 PM on December 18, 2023. For more information, please see:

Employment | Woodstock, CT (woodstockct.gov)

 

 

The Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District is looking for a full-time Natural Resource Specialist to assist communities in protecting natural resources throughout the district area. For more information, please see: 

CT River Coastal Conservation District Natural Resource Specialist

 

 

Conservation Commission Role in Climate Change Resilience:

 CACIWC encourages all Conservation Commissions to review this Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) fact sheet on how to advocate for increasing climate change resiliency within their municipality:
Conservation Commission Fact Sheet

 

 

For additional information on Inland Wetlands and Watercourses in Connecticut, including training and regulations, please see this State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) website: Inland Wetlands and Watercourses home page (ct.gov)

 

Please also see the DEEP Inland Wetlands Agency Directory at: AgentTownStaffDirectorypdf.pdf

 

For additional information on Connecticut Wildlife including CT species, the National Diversity Data Base, and Reporting a Wildlife Sighting, please see this CT DEEP website: Wildlife in Connecticut

 

 

Planning for Agriculture:
A Guide for Connecticut Municipalities

American Farmland Trust and Connecticut Conference of Municipalities are pleased to announce the release of the updated Planning for Agriculture: A Guide for Connecticut Municipalities. The 63-page guide is a tool to assist town boards, local elected officials and citizen advocates in finding ways to support local farms and farm businesses and to retain and protect farmland. An electronic version of the guide is available online at:

Click here for Planning for Agriculture: A Guide for Connecticut Municipalities - FIC (farmlandinfo.org)

 

 

Your Environmental Toolkit for Properly Assessing Development Proposals

CACIWC is pleased to provide Conservation Commissions with a new environmental toolkit pamphlet to help commissioners properly assess development proposals that may come before their town. Click here to download pamphlet.

 

Historical find in Haddam

Yellow groove running bamboo has naturalized by rhizomes washing downstream. Naturalized colony documented on 7-28-2013 in Pine Brook Preserve - Haddam, CT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvmyqeKn2N0