*Legislative Alert Update*

June 2, 2009
Welcome to the Environmental Review Team Website. The Connecticut Environmental Review Teams (ERT)are a group of environmental professionals drawn together from a variety of federal, state, regional and local agencies to form multidisciplinary environmental study teams to assist municipalities in review of sites proposed for development or preservation. The ERT operates under the guidance of the Eastern CT and King's Mark Resource Conservation and Development Areas (RC&D). The ERT is a public service that serves all 169 Connecticut towns free of charge. Eastern CT ERT serves and 86 town region and the King's Mark ERT serves an 83 town region. The mission of the ERT is to be available to help assist towns, especially those with limited resources, in meeting the challenges of development and preservation by providing information needed in order to help make these important choices.

Headlines

2009 Eastern CT RC&D Area Annual Meeting, and 40th Anniversary Celebration of Eastern CT RC&D and the Connecticut ERT Program. Join us Monday June 22, 2009 at Heritage Trail in Lisbon, CT starting at 11:00am. Go to our News and Events page for more information.

*New*ERT in Newspaper Articles: Recently the New London Day and the Norwich Bulletin have run stories on the proposed Franklin Ash Landfill and ERT was noted. Follow the links to read the articles:
Norwich Bulletin 4/28/09 Franklin Voters weigh in on Landfill this Thursday
New London Day 4/13/09
Norwich Bulletin 4/11/09
Norwich Bulletin or view Article via pdf 3/18/09

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ERT Request Form: The ERT Request Form can now be filled out online!

ERT Blog: Checkout the new ERT Blog!

ERT Upcoming Field Reviews: Want to know where the ERT is heading next? For all upcoming ERT Field Reviews be sure to check out our Current Reviews page to see where we are currently working and scroll down to the bottom of the page to see our calendar and see where we are heading to next, we may be headed to your town soon!

ERT Display Wins Award at 2008 New England Association of RC&D Annual Conference: ERT was very excited to win "Outstanding Display 2008 New England Association of RC&D Areas" again at this year's conference which was held in Mystic, CT. Two years in a row, way to go ERT!

North Stonington votes to purchase Hewitt Property: The Town of North Stonington voters approved the Mystic Seaport/Hewitt Property purchase at referendum on 8/25/08. The ERT completed the report on the property in August 2008, go to the Mystic Seaport Hewitt Property to read the full report. If you would like to read more about the referendum go to The Day newspaper for more information.

Mukluk grant vote in Sprague: The Town of Sprague voted Tuesday July 22, 2008 at referendum to accept a $500,000 state open-space grant for the Mukluk Property that would set aside 242 acres of the 278 acres to be used for passive recreation. The ERT completed it's review of the site in January 2008, go to Mukluk Preserve Property to read the full report. If you would like to read more about the referendum go to the Norwich Bulletin for the full story.

2008 ERT Highlights

NEW ERT Field Review Tour in Google Earth: Check out the Current Reviews page on our website where you can follow the trail of the latest ERT Field Review and see photos of the site.

Old ERT Reports Now Available: We are excited to announce that we have been able to add ERT reports from years past with some speed. We currently have all reports available all the way back through the year 1981, and continue to post more. Our goal of course is to someday have all ERT reports available online till then check out our Prior ERT Reports Page or search by Town at the ERT Interactive Report Map.