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The Magazine of Connecticut Conservation


This on-line edition presents highlights of the printed issue and up to date features and conservation news. The print issue is published quarterly by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association and is included with membership or is available by subscription.
 

Departments
News Items

FOREST PRACTICES LEGISLATION

Editorial

"Smart Growth" -- Let's Do It, But How?

Presidents Corner

Making a Difference

Legislative and Environmental Issues

CFPA's 1999 Environmental Agenda

Archives

The Charter Oak Greenway

A Capital Idea (for the State Parks & Forests)!

Implementation of the Connecticut Forest Practices Act

New Report on Connecticut's Watershed Lands

Land Use, Watersheds and Aquatic Resources

 

Last update - 11/5/99

COYOTES IN CONNECTICUT
by Paul W. Rego

'Connecticut seems a landscape saturated with coyotes. This adaptable species is found in remote forests and residential suburbs, from farm fields to golf courses.'

This article explores the coyotes range expansion and the consequences. Included are tips on discouraging coyotes near homes and on protecting pets.


Land Protection through Conservation Easements:
A Winning Arrangement
by Jim Heyes
 William B. Hull, a sawmill owner in Pomfret, Connecticut, and an advocate of protecting private forestlands through conservation easements, has embarked on an innovative project with the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) to protect over 8,500 acres of woodland in western Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Chestnuts in Our Forest - Part II

by Sandra L. Anagnostakis

Second in a series of articles chronicling the progress of Dr. Anagnostakis' research on the chestnut blight in the Meshomasic State Forest.
Waterbury's Brass Trail:

Pedestrian Networks in Urban Design

by Stephen C. Parsons, AIA

The development of the idea of a pedestrian network (effectively, an urban trail, christened the Brass Trail ) as the framework for downtown image improvements.


 

 


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