May

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• 5/9/2018 Bird in Hand Banding Demonstration

  2018 is the Year of the Bird!

• 5/9/2018 DEEP Announces 1.347 Million Gallons of Recreational Vessel Boat Sewage Removed in 2017

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that during the 2017 boating season, pumpout facilities and pumpout vessel programs removed a record level of more 1.347 million gallons of recreational marine sewage from vessels in Long Island Sound and Candlewood Lake.

• 5/8/2018 Frances’ Fearless Women

  Who’s your favorite heroine?

• 5/7/2018 Great Park Pursuit: Connecticut State Parks Family Adventure Begins Saturday May 12th

  May 12th is a great day to be outdoors with your family – it’s the first day of Connecticut’s No Child Left Inside® Great Park Pursuit: Connecticut State Parks Family Adventure and Family Fishing Day across the state.

• 5/7/2018 Geology Hike at Osbornedale State Park

  On Sunday, May 13 from 1 pm to 2:30 pm, join retired UConn geology professor Randy Steinen for a hike through Osbornedale State Park.

• 5/1/2018 CT DEEP Notified of a Sewage Spill in Dalton, Massachusetts

  On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Emergency Response Unit (ERU) was notified by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP) of a sewer main break in Dalton, Massachusetts that is impacting the Housatonic River.

• 4/30/2018 Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Forecasts Elevated Levels of Ozone for parts of Connecticut Wednesday May 2, 2018 through Thursday May 3, 2018

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is forecasting Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) for ozone, along south coastal areas of Connecticut beginning on Wednesday May 2, 2018, which may continue through Thursday May 3, 2018.