Forestry

Arbor Day 2020 -- Online or At Home: Celebrate trees and all of their important contributions on Arbor Day (April 24, 2020) and beyond.

Connecticut's state foresters and their partners protect our forest resources by:

• Encouraging private land owners to practice responsible long-term forest management (private landowners own 73% of Connecticut's forest, with more than two-thirds of that owned by families or individuals),
• Protecting Connecticut's forest resources from the effects of fire, insects, disease, and misuse,
• Providing accurate and timely information about Connecticut's forest resources,
• Certifying forest practitioners,
• Managing the State Forests, in which exist many large blocks of unfragmented forest land,
• Engaging municipalities and citizens in the work of urban forestry, and
• Promoting the local forest industry.

• Arbor Day Activities that are suggested for 2020 due to social distancing. 
• Get a free Nature Photo (fish, forests, and wildlife) to use for a Zoom Meeting Background.
• Connecticut's Distressed Trees - Be careful in the woods!  
• Connecticut's Forest Action Plan  
• Gypsy Moth - Information for Connecticut's Tree and Woodland Owners  

Contact the Forestry Division

Content last updated on April 23, 2020.