Programs

CT Stormwater Quality Manual Webinar 3: An Update on Stormwater Management in CT Recording

February 27th, 2023 12:00 – 1:00PM Presented by: Mary Looney & Dave Dickson, UConn CLEAR; Kathleen Knight, Chris Stone, & Nicole Kibbe, CT DEEP; Victor Benni, North Branford This webinar is the final one of our CT Stormwater Quality Manual: An Update on Stormwater Management in CT. Stormwater management and its impact on our water […]

Extension Educators Launch School-Based Green Infrastructure Initiative

A few of CLEAR’s Extension Educators were featured in today’s UConn Today article, Extension Educators Launch School-Based Green Infrastructure Initiative. Mike Dietz and Dave Dickson talk about their $100,000 grant, awarded by EPA. With this grant, Dietz and Dickson, along with their team – the Natural Resources Conservation Academy, are focused on partnering with local […]

UConn Land Use Academy Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Evolving Needs

CLEAR’s very own Renata Bertotti was featured in UConn Today’s article, UConn Land Use Academy Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Evolving Needs, discussing her work with the Land Use Academy – which is now celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Land Use Academy provides education for local land use planners as they make decisions balancing development and environmental […]

UConn Extension is connecting Connecticut schools with local farms

The Daily Campus’s recent article, UConn Extension is connecting Connecticut schools with local farms, dives into the work CLEAR member, Jiff Martin, is doing is with regards to her work as the director of the “Put Local on Your Tray” program. This program, which began in 2015, is designed to assist K-12 public school districts in […]

Trails and Active Living Program Expands Access to the Outdoors

Check out UConn Today’s new article, Trails and Active Living Program Expands Access to the Outdoors! This article features CLEAR’s very own, Emily Wilson, who discusses her work on the Connecticut Trail Census and Connecticut Trail Finder. These websites allow for the tracking of different usage trends on the trails across the state and offer […]

E-Corps: Building Skills and Bolstering Environmental Efforts Across Connecticut

The Environment Corps (E-Corps) was featured in UConn Today’s article, E-Corps: Building Skills and Bolstering Environmental Efforts Across Connecticut. CLEAR’s Extension Educator Emeritus and a Co-Founder, Chet Arnold, was interviewed to talk about the program and its invaluable assistance to Connecticut municipalities with regards to climate change mitigation, all while providing real-world experience to UConn students. Also […]

Land Use Academy Advanced Training Session Recordings

UConn CLEAR’s Land Use Academy held a series of three Advanced Legal Procedures virtual training sessions for land use commissioners in February. The sessions included (1) Bias, Conflict and Predisposition; (2) Running a Meeting and Making A Decision; and (3) Fair and Affordable Housing. The session were presented in collaboration with the CT Bar Association. […]

Regional Stormwater Utilities Efficiencies and Challenges

February 22nd, 2023 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Presented by Jeff Colella, Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority, PA For this webinar, we invite Jeff Colella, Stormwater Division Manager of the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority (WVSA) to discuss the program’s experience as a regional stormwater utility and MS4 Administrator in Pennsylvania. In this webinar, we will hear […]

Connecticut Institute of Water Resources Expands Groundwater Safety Efforts

CLEAR’s own Mike Dietz has done it again! Dietz was featured in UConn Today’s Connecticut Institute of Water Resources Expands Groundwater Safety Efforts to discuss his new funding to increase groundwater testing for rural drinking wells. Over the next two years, Dietz is hoping to increase the availability of the service from 25 homeowners to 1,000 homeowners. […]

State of Water in Connecticut

Our very own Mike Dietz was interviewed for UConn Today’s article, State of Water in Connecticut. Dietz talks about the new extremes the state is experiencing with regards to our summer rain, how we can work to become more resilience to droughts and heavy precipitation, and other water issues to stay on top of. Make sure […]

Gaining Public Support with Your Stormwater Utility: The City of Dover

October 5th, 2022 Presented by Gretchen Young PE, City of Dover For our fourth webinar of the series, Gretchen Young PE, the Environmental Projects Manager for the City of Dover, New Hampshire, will discuss the city’s current standing in their process of implementing the state’s first stormwater utility. After an initial unsuccessful attempt at establishing a […]

Stormwater Utility Trends Across the US

June 15th, 2022 Presented by Dr. Warren Campbell, Western Kentucky University Dr. Warren Campbell from Western Kentucky University has been collecting and analyzing information on stormwater utilities in the US for 15 years. He has been described as a human encyclopedia of stormwater utilities. In this webinar, he will dive into how widespread stormwater utilities are […]