Town of Monroe Natural Resources Inventory

The Conservation and Water Resources Commission has by virtue of Connecticut Statute been given the task of regulating, developing and conserving the natural resources within the towns territorial limits.

Natural resources can be classified into Renewable i.e. ones that can be replenished fairly easily such as forests and fields and Non-Renewable such as fossil fules, minerals, plant and animal species.

Our endevers have thus far been limited to compiling an inventory. The following is a list of the available maps pertaining to the towns natural resources identified so far.

• Riparian Corridors

• Soils

• Topography

• Water resources

• Natural Diversity Database

• Pequonnock Reservoir

• Regional water basins and ground water quality

• Significant Slope

Community Resource Inventory

Build your own interactive map of Monroe at CRI online

Open Space in Monroe Click Here to Open a PDF of the New Open Space Map. Please be patient the map is contained in a large file. We welcome your comments concerning any errors in the map. Please direct your comments to Monroe Conservation" You need Adobe Reader to Download the map

Commission Members

Chairman
Michael O'Reilly

Vice Chairman
Gail Bunovsky

Secretary
Karen Burnaska

Treasurer
Christine Clark

Members
Cindy Ambrosey
Robert Martin
Beverly Doyle

Liaisons
Ranger Dave Solek
Marvin Moss

The Monroe Conservation Commission
meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm
in the Town Hall conference room.
Public participation is welcome.
Email us at Monroe Conservation with questions, comments
or concerns about our properties and nominations for Conservationist of the Month.