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Efforts being undertaken by hundreds of local community groups amount to a groundswell of support for informed environmental planning and management in Connecticut. A new chapter is being written in the long tradition of citizen conservation that has thrived here for generations--at a time that will be pivotal in resolving issues about conservation and development, water and wetlands, forests and farmland, smart growth, environmental justice and science education... Studies show that while such community-based environmental activism holds great promise, it comes with a risk. Too often grassroots initiatives become fragmented and inefficient. Familiar and longstanding problems--such as the lack of funding, staffing and political clout--remain as fundamental barriers that stand in the way of local groups accomplishing their missions.

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