Alcohol will be banned at six state parks and forests this summer in an effort to cut down on complaints, property damage and other issues at a time when more.
Officials: Kayaker recovered from Middlebury pond identified
April 12, 2021
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MIDDLEBURY, Conn. (AP) The kayaker who went missing in Middlebury over the weekend has been identified as Brian Saucier, 26, of Prospect, a Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection spokesperson said Monday.
Saucier s body was recovered Sunday after he was reported missing in Long Meadow Pond on Saturday.
Rescuers from DEEP and several fire departments searched for Saucier until dark Saturday, then resumed the search Sunday morning.
The state medical examiner s office will determine his cause of death. Top Picks In Shopping
DEEP plans controlled burn of CT forest
Josh LaBella
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VOLUNTOWN State officials are planning a controlled burn of the Pachaug State Forest on Wednesday.
According to a release, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection plans to conduct the burn of 122 acres of forest, weather and conditions permitting.
“DEEP is employing this forestry management practice to promote the development of new oak and pine forest,” officials said. “This location has experienced catastrophic oak decline, with an estimated 90 percent of the oak trees having died due to successive years of gypsy moth defoliations, droughts, and chestnut borer infestations, the latter of which is attracted to stressed oaks.”