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The Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) is a local not-for-profit, 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to helping the towns and citizens of Eastern Connecticut with their
conservation needs. The creation of the ECCD is a result of the reorganization of Connecticut’s
eight county based soil and water Conservation Districts into five regional watershed areas:
Northwest, Southwest, North Central, Connecticut River Coastal, and Eastern. The service area of
the ECCD encompasses thirty-six municipalities covering Windham and New London counties and
part of Tolland County. Our service area includes the towns of:
Andover, Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Columbia, East Lyme,
Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Hampton, Killingly, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Mansfield,
Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Plainfield, Pomfret, Preston, Putnam, Scotland,
Sprague, Sterling, Stonington, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Waterford, Windham, Woodstock.
The
Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) assists citizens
and towns in making sound natural resource decisions, and we
promote sustainable use of natural resources. We develop programs
that solve natural resource problems and we provide educational
opportunities to the public about the interrelationship between
human activities and the natural environment. Both public and
private groups participate in ECCD's activities. Historically,
Conservation Districts were formed to solve severe erosion problems of the dust
bowl era and served the agricultural community in developing new practices to
conserve soil, and thereby, water resources. In the early twenty-first century,
the landscape in Eastern Connecticut is evolving into primarily urban and
suburban uses with a changing agricultural base. Despite changes in land use,
Eastern Connecticut remains heavily agricultural and contains valuable marine
and freshwater habitats that require protection. THE SOUND WEBCAM
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