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CT NEMO
Stats
Program
Initiated: October, 1991
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State |
Connecticut |
Project
Title |
Connecticut
NEMO Program |
Primary
Agency |
University
of Connecticut Sea Grant |
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Other Partners |
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University
of Connecticut Cooperative Extension, University of Connecticut
Natural Resources Management & Engineering Department, CT Department
of Environmental Protection, Center for Land Use Education and
Research (CLEAR), USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service (CSREES), US Environmental Protection Agency
Nonpoint Source Control Branch, NASA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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Geographic
Focus |
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Watershed
regions throughout Connecticut |
| Topical
Focus |
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Education
of Connecticut land use decision makers that addresses the relationship
of land use to natural resource protection- water quality link
and implementation of associated management practices. |
| Target
Audience |
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Municipal
Officials and land use decision makers. |
| Primary
Tools |
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Municipal
Initiative, focused on implementation of best management practices,
continues in Woodstock, Greenwich, Salem, Naugatuck Valley
Brownfields Pilot Towns and Old Saybrook. Round two initiated
in Canterbury, Suffield and Candlewood Lake Authority.
- Demonstration
Site at Haddam Extension Center.
- Impervious
Surface Buildout Analysis Central Naugatuck Valley Council
of Governments - Pomperaug River Watershed is the pilot area.
- Outreach
Support for Source Water Assessment Program, CT Health Department & DEP.
- Coastal
module to support outreach efforts of CT PEP OLISP and TNC.
- Educational
programs for CT DEP's NPS Program.
- Impacts
include updates to plans, policy, regulations and alternative
site design. Visit CT
Municipal Initiative and Case
Studies for more information
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