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• - Movement introduced by William Niering, Professor of Botany at Connecticut College, which promotes restoring residential and commercial grounds to harmonious ecology and sound landscapes.
  
• - Information from the CT Department of Environmental Protection on how to dispose of untreated organic materials in an ecologically-sound way.
  
• - Nonprofit, non-partisan membership organization comprised of tree care professionals which promotes the protection and care of trees.
  
• - Information on research activities, services and resources provided, and special events, all at locations in New Haven, Hamden and Windsor. Includes plant pest handbook and "insect of the week."
  
• - Provides educators and students with information, lesson plans, activities and state contacts to increase agricultural literacy.
  
• - Information on non-native organisms and the problems they create. Fact sheets provided in PDF format.
  
• - Details of how the tree, once abundance in the east, was brought down by disease.
  
• - Stewardship program, volunteer opportunities, information sheets, publications, and advice.
  
• - Initiative that will ensure that technical, educational and related assistance is provided to those who own private grazing lands.
  
• - Lists and photos of the largest trees in the state, plus information on projects, certificate program, lectures, with links to related sites.
  
• - Online edition of quarterly print publication with articles, news, legislative and environmental issues, and subscription information.
  
• - Vintage photographs from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
  
• - Voluntary cooperative program with land users to encourage the development, management and protection of non-industrial private forestland.
  
• - Photo gallery plus information on native plants for gardening, field trip schedule, membership form and links to related sites.
  
• - Information provided on how to submit soil samples for testing either in the New Haven or Windsor facility of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.