Department of Environmental Protection natural resources and outdoor recreation records
Scope and Content
Included are Law Enforcement arrest cards and correspondence, 1940-1987. The bulk of the arrest cards date from the predecessor Board of Fisheries and Game; Deputy Commissioner, 1975-2006; the Governor's Task Force Report on State Beaches and Shoreline Parks, 1975, from the Parks and Recreation Unit; and files from Joseph O. Elmer, 1966-1975. Elmer was a senior civil engineer in the Water and Related Resources Unit.
Dates
- 1940-2006
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
Historical Note
With the creation of the Department of Environmental Protection in 1971, the Preservation & Conservation Division was given the mission to protect, conserve and mangage the land, water and wildlife resources of the state.1 Now known as the Bureau of Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation, this part of the Dept. of Environmental Protection has always been based on species management (fisheries, wildlife, forestry) and land use (recreation, open space, natural areas, etc.)2
See also the Department of Environmental Protection Agency History.
Endnotes
- 1Press release, November 22, 1971, RG 079:001, Department of Ennvironmental Protection, Commissioner Arthur J. Rocque, Jr., Accession 2005-009, Organizational Evaluation, Box 6, Folder "First DEP Org Dan Lufkin Documents".
- 2Untitled and undated document, RG 079:001, Ennvironmental Protection, Commissioner Arthur J. Rocque, Jr., Accession 2005-009, Organizational Evaluation, Box 6, Folder "Historic Org Charts".
Extent
25.25 cubic feet
Abstract
Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation records include: Law Enforcement; Deputy Commissioner; Parks and Recreation; Water and Related Resources.
Arrangement
Series numbers have been assigned within RG 079 in its entirety and therefore the series described here are not numbered consecutively.
Series 2. Law Enforcement, 1940-1987
Accession: 1993-134, Arrest Cards, 1940-1978, 4 cubic feet
Accession: 1993-136 (part), Correspondence, 1973-1987, 0.75 cubic feet
Series 16. Deputy Commissioner, 1975-2006
Accession: 1995-062, Theodore Brampton (? - 1979), Dennis DeCarli (1979-1991), Thomas Dudchik (1991-1993), George Avitable (1993-1995), 1979-1995, 10 cubic feet
Accession: 2006-007, Susan C. Lavoie, 1995-1998, 8 cubic feet
Accesion: 2007-010, David K. Leff, 2000-2006, 1 cubic foot
Series 24. Parks and Recreation, 1975, Accession: 2003-017, 0.5 cubic feet
Series 27. Water and Related Resources, 1966-1975
Accession 1988-027 (part), Joseph O. Elmer, Senior Civil Engineer, 1966-1975, 1 cubic foot
- Aquatic parks and reserves -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beaches -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Connecticut. Board of Fisheries and Game -- Records and correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Connecticut. Bureau of Natural Resources -- Records and correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Connecticut. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation -- Records and correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Connecticut. Dept. of Environmental Protection -- Records and correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Environmental protection -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fisheries -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Game protection-- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Game wardens-- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Parks -- Public use -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Recreation areas -- Public use -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Speeches Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Water resources development -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wildlife conservation -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wildlife management -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RG 079:016, Department of Environmental Protection: Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation
- Subtitle
- Inventory of Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
- Date
- 2008
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository
