July 21, 2008
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

Mukluk grant vote in Sprague: The Town of Sprague will vote Tuesday July 22, 2008 at referendum on whether or not 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

**South Branch Park River Trail Groundbreaking Ceremony** At last groundbreaking on the South Branch of the Park River Trail. Remember our 2000 ERT Report on the North and South Branches of the Park River.
For more pictures and information visit our news/events page.

Group breaks ground on the South Branch of the Park River Trail

FYI:In action late yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee provided $50.730 million for RC&D, the same as the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee. The President had proposed no funding for the RC&D program in his FY09 budget. For more information go to the National RC&D Association Website.

What's all the Buzz about? Want to know why people are so excited about the ERT program? Check out some of our feedback at Comments about the ERT from people we have worked with.

ERT Display Wins Award at 2007 New England Regional RC&D Conference: ERT was very excited to win "Outstanding Display 2007 New England Association fo RC&D Areas" at this year's conference which was held in Narragansett, RI.

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 1984, 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.