Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

There’s a new way to sustainably dispose of food scraps in 15 Connecticut cities and towns, thanks to a major grant funding for pilot programs.

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is investigating the deaths of several white-tailed deer in the state and said three of them have been found to have hemorrhagic disease. The first positive case of 2022 was a deer found in Goshen and the second was on a property in Kent where five other deer were also found dead,…

The fire danger remains extreme in parts of Connecticut. As of Tuesday, Southern Middlesex County, Southern New London County and Northern Windham County have extreme fire dangers, according to the state Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection Division of Forestry. Tolland and Hartford counties have very high fire danger. The fire danger for the rest of the state including Litchfield,…

The fire danger in Connecticut right now is extreme to high, according to the state Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection Division of Forestry. On Sunday, DEEP said the fire danger is extreme in south Middlesex and south New London counties and is very high in Hartford, Tolland and North Windham counties. The fire danger is high in the rest…

The swimming areas at Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middlefield and Indian Wells State Park in Shelton are closed Tuesday because of water quality as a stretch of extreme heat and humidity begins. The Mashamoquet Brook State Park swim area in Pomfret is closed for the season for maintenance. The water at Indian Wells and Wadsworth Falls will be retested…

Lifeguards are needed in Connecticut state parks, according to Mason Trumble, the deputy commissioner for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

A bear that broke into a home Canton has been euthanized and one of the four cubs with the bear has died after being tranquilized, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

A bear that broke into a home Canton has been euthanized and one of the four cubs with the bear has died after being tranquilized, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

A bear that broke into a home Canton has been euthanized and one of the four cubs with the bear has died after being tranquilized, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. DEEP said they believe the bear that was euthanized is the same one that had broken into several homes in Canton. DEEP said Environmental Conservation…

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is looking to hire more lifeguards and they have raised the starting pay from $16 per hour to $19 per hour. They are also providing training. The salary increase brings the hourly range to between $19 and $21. DEEP said lifeguard positions are available at several inland and shoreline swimming areas, including: …

According to Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police, a 24- year-old man was on a pontoon boat with several friends late Sunday afternoon. They suspect he jumped off the boat but are still trying to piece the situation together.

The Department of Energy and Protection said they can still hire 60 people for the summer.

Two boaters died and two others were in critical condition after their boat capsized off Stamford Sunday.

Two men have died and two others in critical condition after a boat capsized on Long Island Sound on Sunday morning. Emergency crews from several departments were alerted of a report of a possible small boat in distress in Long Island Sound off of Shippan Point in Stamford around 10:20 a.m. Officials with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental…

The state is going to start collecting fees again from residents of other states at some Connecticut state parks. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said it will resume the “remote non-resident parking fee system” at some state parks as of Friday, April 1, and in-person non-resident parking fee collection at several state parks beginning Memorial Day Weekend. …

People are asked to avoid going into the water below Holly Hock Island in Norwich because of a sewage spill. Officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said there is an ongoing sewage spill because of an underwater main break at the lower end of Holly Hock Island in the Yantic/Thames rivers in Norwich. A spokesperson...