ENVIRONMENT
CT RC&D seeks to promote sustainable growth toward a resilient Connecticut landscape and lifestyle, through support of and collaboration with nonprofit and government organizations who work toward natural resource conservation, open space and farmland acquisition, and land use-economic planning. CT RC&D’s Environmental Programs are focused on supporting the following activities.
CT Environmental Review Team (ERT)
From April 2019 – December 2020, CT RC&D conducted an Environmental Review Team process at the request of twelve towns of the lower Connecticut River to examine the spread and impact of aquatic invasive species, both ecological and economic.
Through this process, CT RC&D assisted with a request for funding from the Connecticut River Gateway Commission to hire the Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station (CAES) to survey, inventory and map the extent of the presence of invasive aquatic plants in the lower Connecticut River. As anticipated, during that process, it was found that a new more aggressive species of hydrilla was prevalent in 189 acres of the lower CT River.
Visit the ERT Website to learn more.