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Home / Regional / North America / United States / Connecticut / Science and Environment / Agriculture and Forestry
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- American Chestnut Foundation: Connecticut Chapter - Information on state chapter of organization established to bring back the American chestnut tree to forest throughout the east.
chestnut.acf.org/Chapters_conn.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."
www.caes.state.ct.us
- Connecticut Agriculture in the Classroom - Provides educators and students with information, lesson plans, activities and state contacts to increase agricultural literacy.
www.ctaitc.org
- Connecticut Botanical Society - Photo gallery plus information on native plants for gardening, field trip schedule, membership form and links to related sites.
www.ct-botanical-society.org
- Connecticut Grazing - Articles, announcements and information on recent and planned programs, plus recommended books and videos on the subject of grazing.
www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/graze
- 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.
notabletrees.conncoll.edu
- Connecticut Tree Protective Association - Nonprofit, non-partisan membership organization comprised of tree care professionals which promotes the protection and care of trees.
www.ctpa.org
- Connecticut Woodlands - Online edition of quarterly print publication with articles, news, legislative and environmental issues, and subscription information.
www.ctwoodlands.org/ctwoodlands/Woodlands.html
- Forestry Incentives Program - Voluntary cooperative program with land users to encourage the development, management, and protection of non-industrial private forestland.
www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/landscp/fip/fipindex.htm
- Historical Flora of Connecticut - Vintage photographs from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
www.yale.edu/fes505b/hstflora
- Invasive Plants in Connecticut - Information on non-native organisms and the problems they create.
www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/landscp/invasive/invindex.htm
- 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.
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.
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.
www.munic.state.ct.us/BURLINGTON/chestnuttree.htm
- University of Connecticut Extension Forestry - Stewardship program, volunteer opportunities, information sheets, publications, and advice.
www.canr.uconn.edu/ces/forest/index.htm
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