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Next Eastern CT RC&D Council Meeting is scheduled for Monday February 27, 2012 Location TBA.

*Event* Sucessful Goat Management Clinic: February 4, 2012 from 2:00-4:00pm @ the Putnam Library. Event Flyer (pdf)

*Event* CT Agriculture Commission Conference— Growing Farms in Your Community An AGvocate Conference
Saturday, March 24 from 9 am to 3:30 pm
@ EastConn, Hampton, CT
If you would like more information about this conference see the Conference Flyer (pdf), or contact Jennifer Kaufman, AGvocate Program Director at 860-450-6007 or at AGvocate@yahoo.com.

*Event* 2011-2012 Connecticut Farm Energy Grant & Assistance Workshops: From December 2011 - March 2012 1 in each Connecticut County. Workshop Postcard (pdf) FREE to Attend
To register call (860) 345-3977 or email CTFarmEnergy@aol.com

*Event* Connecticut Land Conservation Council 2012 Annual Conference: March 24, 2012 @ Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT for more information go to their website.

2011 Community Forum Beacon Falls - ERT participated in the events of the evening with a Display Board and also in giving a presentation. To see a video of the event created by R-Media follow the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ffIMJvyE1k&feature=youtu.be

Greenway Planning, Development and Stewardship - A Survey for Municipal Land Use Commissions and Land Trusts
Your answers to this simple survey will assist in answering the following questions and help us determine how we can best design our program to support your community greenway planning, construction, and stewardship efforts:
•How and why Connecticut municipalities are planning for greenways;
•What extent planned greenway areas are protected;
•Do those planning for greenways look beyond town and regional boundaries during the planning process;
•Where do those planning for municipal greenways look for information concerning other greenway locations; and
•What resources are needed to help plan, construct, and steward Connecticut's community greenways.
The Eastern CT Resource, Conservation & Development Program (RC&D) is partnering with CACIWC to increase the focus on the development and the stewardship of greenways as a method of connecting rural, suburban, and urban communities with particular attention to natural resource protection, riparian and wildlife corridor connectivity, economic development, preservation of scenic resources and community character, and connection of environmental justice populations to public services.
This first step, the survey, is to investigate potential open space and greenway linkages across municipal and regional boundaries, with a special focus on river corridors and watersheds.
Please use this link,to participate in this survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LRC23V7

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*News* Announcing the NEW Community and Natural Resource Planning Program, which was previously known as the Green Valley Institute. GVI's work focused on a national heritage corridor located in northeastern CT, The Last Green Valley.  The new CNP will allow for expansion of the program and educational workshops throughout the state.
CNP is a part of the University of Connecticut's Cooperative Extension System and the Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) at UConn.  CNP's other primary partners are the CT Environmental Review Team and The Nature Conservancy.

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