Guiding Principle:
To coordinate a group of environmental professionals drawn 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, conservation or preservation.
Goal:
To meet the challenges of development and
conservation through knowledge of the land, its
resources, and the probable effects of
developments by providing a written report to
assist land use decision makers at the local level.
Strategies:
• Support and provide administrative
maintenance for the statewide ERT program
in cooperation with the Kings Mark RC&D Area Council.
• Foster communication and cooperation among the organizations receiving DEP line item
funding.
• Manage financial resources for continued program operation.
• Incorporate GIS mapping and analysis into ERT reports.
• Support programs and initiatives that foster a deeper local understanding of land use
environmental issues.
• Develop and implement an on-going strategy to retain existing team members and agency(s)
support and obtain new team members as necessary.
• Educate town officials, citizens and others about the ERT program.
• Explore ways to improve the ERT program.
Projects:
• Conduct at least quarterly meetings of the ERT Subcommittee.
• Produce yearly mailings for state legislators concerning the funding for the ERT program, the 5
conservation districts and the CT Council on Soil and Water.
• Continue bi-annual review of financial management strategies.
• Maintain a separate ERT program website (www.ctert.org)
• Continue to assess and modify the ERT program by evaluating and reporting on yearly project
surveys.
• Continue on-going education opportunities in web design, GIS mapping and analysis and data
base development and enhancement.
• Meet with CT DEP officials and others for continued support of the ERT program.
• Explore and provide innovative use of the ERT program to further DEP goals in the Bureau of
Water Protection and Land Reuse.
• Continue quarterly meetings with staff of DEP on upcoming ERT reviews.
• Provide annual contact with agencies providing Team members and reach out to other
organizations and individuals to obtain new Team members as necessary.
• Create a project team to identify
opportunities to improve report
completion time.
• Test the usefulness of a
post-field review meeting with all
participants to discuss a
synthesized recommendation.
• Provide financial and in-kind
support for CT land use and
environmental issues.
• Provide state and federal
legislators with yearly ERT program updates and e-mail notification of reviews in their district.
• Continue to update brochures, program information and displays.
• Continue to post archived ERT reports on the website.
• Conduct a study to establish program value to CT communities.
• Develop a new ERT DVD, and post 1994 video on the website.
