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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Commission on Forests and Wildlife

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History |
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page : 
Not available

Statutory Authority :
Public Acts 1925, Chap. 8.

Agency History :

1925, established to coordinate the land purchasing activities of the Park and Forest Commission and the Fisheries and Game Commission, per Public Acts chapter 8.
1971, merged into new Dept. of Environmental Protection

Published Histories/Articles :
Not available

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut. Commission on Forests and Wild Life.

Annual Reports are located in :

1925-1945, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F763]
1946-1971, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d]

State Archives Record Group :
Not available

List of Heads :

Name

Years of Service

Field Agent  
Elliot B. Bronson 1930-1937
Chester W. Martin (Acting) 1938
Secretary  
W.O. Filley 1939-1941
Field Agent  
C.W. Martin 1942-1948
Director  
Donald C. Matthews 1949-1971

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.