The Stafford Conservation Commission meets every third Thursday of the month except August. The public is always welcome to attend these meetings. We meet at the Warren Memorial Town Hall seven p.m. The minutes and agenda are posted every month in the Town Clerk’s Office. Projects we are currently working on are maintaining Dennis Pond and the West Stafford Conservation and Education Area. We also have stewardship of the Renn Property. The Stafford Conservation Commission is a member of the Willimantic River Alliance.

Our Mission Statement:

1. Work to promote sound land use practices in conjunction with other town, county and state agencies and commissions. Provide input to town planning to ensure open space and advise on land use issues. Be an active presence and partner with the Inland Wetlands Commission, the Connecticut Greenways project and Tolland Agricultural Commission.
2. Increase public awareness of the ecology. Support the distribution of educational materials to schools, sponsor seminars and hikes. Have rotating projects including but not limited to sponsoring Arbor Day planting, distributing bluebird house, and Summerfest. Involve groups such as scouts, 4-H, fish & game clubs and other private conservation groups in conservation commission efforts.
3. Promote public works projects to encourage outdoor activity. These include fish stocking, bird raising, picnic tables, hiking/nature trails. Work with the public works department to promote hazardous waste collection, recycling and composting.
4. Map and index all town and state owned land. Map all wetlands and open space, both public and privately owned. This is to be updated periodically.

This is the home page for the town of Stafford. http://www.connel.com/stafford-ct/index.html. Here you will find information about the town’s history, current events, bulletin board, town map, and much more. The First Selectman’s e-mail address is: staffordtownhall@snet.net.

The State of Connecticut home page is http://www.state.ct.us/. Here you will find all of the State Agencies, a search site and special interest. To contact the Department of Environmental Protection click on http://dep.state.ct.us/.

Some government sites are the Department of Environmental Protection: http://www.epa.gov/ and www.epa.gov/enviro. The enforcement department is: www.epa.gov/oeca/enforcement. A great deal of information is here: www.epa.gov/epahome/rules.html.

The State of Connecticut has a Department of Agriculture that you can contact: http://www.state.ct.us/doag/. The purpose of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (DOAg) web site is to provide the public with current listings of the many agricultural activities that take place throughout the state, assistance to ag-business, and information about the department’s services (what they do).

http://www.nafws.org/ The Native American Fish and Wildlife Society is a non-profit membership organization that exists for the protection, preservation and enhancement of Native American fish and wildlife resources. The Society’s purposes are charitable, educational, scientific and cultural.

http://fa.r9.fws.gov/r9fwrs/: The Division of Federal Aid, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, receives monies collected by the U.S. Treasury Department from excise taxes on rifles, shotguns, pistols, ammunition and archery equipment under the 1937 Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, and from excise taxes on fishing tackle, taxes on motorboat fuel and import duties on tackle and boats under the 1950 Dingell-Johnson/Wallop Breaux Fish Restoration Act. The Division of Federal Aid then allocates these monies to the

U.S. State fish and wildlife agencies on the basis of the size of the state and the number of licensed hunters and anglers. Find out more.

www.fws.gov is the Fish and Wildlife Reference Service (FWRS). It receives, indexes, stores and distributes copies of reports produced by State fish and wildlife agencies from research studies supported by Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act and Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act funding. FWRS also receives reports produced by the Anadromous Fish Conservation Program, the Endangered Species Grant Program, and the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units. Additional collections located at

FWRS include the Lead Shot/Lead Poisoning Clearinghouse, Boating Access/Boating Facilities Clearinghouse, and the Clean Vessel Act Education/Information Clearinghouse.

http://www.pheasantsforever.org/ Pheasants Forever is a nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1982 in response to the decline of the ring-necked pheasant population. Yes, we have pheasant in Stafford!
 
 

At http://www.wcmc.org.uk/ you will find the World Conservation Monitoring Centre that provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world’s living resources, and they help others to develop information systems of their own.

Stafford has many rivers. Are you interested in the American Rivers Initiative? Click her to find out what is the American Heritage Rivers Initiative: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/heritage/rivers.html. You will also find out what is new, others to contact, which rivers are designated, recent developments, and how to find tools and funding for river revitalization. 

Ducks Unlimited web site is: http://www.ducks.org/. Their mission statement says they want to fulfill the annual life cycle needs of North American waterfowl by protecting, enhancing, restoring, and managing important wetlands and associated uplands.

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (NCRS) has a wealth of information for any interested conservationist. The homepage lists legislate updates, Connecticut projects, information on Connecticut soils, technical guides, where to get help if you live in Connecticut, WHIP – the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, backyard conservation tips, natural resources education, and a Kid’s page. This site will also direct you to publications available and MORE.

http://www.nwi.fws.gov/ This site is the U.S. Wildlife Service Division of Habitat Conservation and has specific information regarding characteristics, extent and status of the Nation’s Wetlands and deepwater habitat.

http://travel.cd-rom-directory.com/cdprod1/cdhrec/010/143.shtml If you want to hike down a tree shaded mountain trail or stand on a battlefield, it’s all here in National Parks/State Parks. Enjoy beautiful videos, photographs, and slide shows of the country’s most spectacular scenery. Learn about the animals and plants that populate our park systems. All fifty states are included here.

The Connecticut Forest and Park Association: http://www.ctwoodlands.org/ is the oldest private organization in Connecticut and invites you to explore their site and to join them in preserving, protecting and enjoying our natural heritage.

http://www.4ncsu.edu/~leung/nrrips.html:

Natural Resources Research Information Pages (NRRIPS) are intended to be an Internet resource guide for researchers, practitioners and students in the natural resources field. Please consult comprehensive catalogs such as Yahoo and the WWW Virtual Library: Environment for broader environmental topics. Your visits or comments on this web site are much appreciated. Please provide comments and suggestions

using the comment form, or e-mail to: nrrips@usa.net.
 
 

http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/WSR/ This is the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. Here you will find new additions, WSR directory. NRCS directory, online references, photo galleries, links and feedback.

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Additional Links:

Fisheries Information: www.fisheries.org

National Science Foundation: www.nsf.org

Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association: www.crpa.com

Connecticut River Watershed: www.ctriver.org

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