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Environment Committee

	Map Title: Wildfire Danger Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: National Public Radio has created a map of wildfire danger across the country, which also shows currently burning large fires.
	Map Title: Bear Sightings Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: The Hartford Courant has a map showing the frequency of bear sightings in all 169 towns in Connecticut over the past 12 months.
	Map Title: Federal Land Ownership Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: The Congressional Research Service produced a report summarizing where the federal government controls land and how much different federal agencies control.
	Map Title: Oberseved US Temperature Change Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: The National Climate Assessment Development Advisory Committe's Federal Advisory Committee Draft Climate Assessment Report was released for public review and this map showing oberserved temperature trends for the United States is part of the report (scroll down to page 36 of the report to find the map).
	Map Title: NASA Computer Model of Earth's Water, Surface, and Atmosphere Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System Model models Earth's weather patterns and shows where particulates in the water and air go as a result.
	Map Title: Hurricane Vulnerability Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research used a variety of factors to assess the vulnerability to hurricane fatalities in each county from New Mexico to Maine.
	Map Title: NOAA Monthly Weather Extremes Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration allows users to examine the country for monthly weather extremes.
	Map Title: NOAA Drought-Affected Areas Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has produced an animated map showing drought-stricken areas that moves from January 2012 up through July 2012.
	Map Title: National Park System National Trails Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: A PDF map from the National Park Service showing the location of all of the National Park Service Trails across the country and many of the NPS's units.
	Map Title: Current Wind Speed and Direction Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: A truly visually engaging map shows the current wind speed and direction for the whole country in near real time.
	Map Title: Surging Seas Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: See where in Connecticut will end up underwater if the sea level rises or zoom out and see any other location in the country.
	Map Title: Connecticut Aquifer Protection Areas Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: Information layered onto a Google Map showing where the state's protected aquifers are.
	Map Title: Bedrock Geologic Map of Connecticut Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: Find out what sort of rock is just under the surface for the whole state.
	Map Title: 2010 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Large Facilities Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: The Environmental Protection Agency has a map that allows you to see where large facilities that are that have an output greenhouse gases. Visitors can keep zooming right down to a specific facility and see how much of each gas is being produced.
	Map Title: USDA Plant Hardiness Zones Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: The US Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardniess map.
	Map Title: Water Use 2005 - Irrigation, Surface Water Withdrawals, Fresh Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: Data from the US Geological Survey shows the daily amount of water being drawn out of the ground on down to the county level.
	Map Title: Acres of Harvested Cropland as Percent of Land in Farms Acreage 2007 Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: The USDA shows us what percentage of land is harvested cropland for the country.
	Map Title: 2002 Carbon Emissions Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: A display on a square mile-by-square mile basis of where and how much carbon was emitted across the country.
	Map Title: Historical Hurricane Tracks Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: See where on Connecticut's coast shellfishing is allowed and prohibited, along with whether beds are municipally managed, state-managed, or natura, and a wide range of other information.
	Map Title: Historical Hurricane Tracks Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: View hurricane tracks by one year or all years (through last year), a specific storm, storms of a certain strengths and do it for any location in the country.

	Map Title: Connecticut Farms Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: Pick a county and then see what�s being farmed.
	Map Title: Air Quality Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: Gives the air quality across the state and all of New England.
	Map Title: Aquifer Protection Area Maps Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: See where you can access the coast from towns along the shore.
	Map Title: Connecticut Coastal Access Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: See where you can access the coast from towns along the shore.
	Map Title: Connecticut Endangered Species Maps Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: Pick a town and then see where state and federal listed species & significant natural communities exist in that town.
	Map Title: Bedrock Geology of Connecticut Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: See what�s making up the bedrock across the state.
	Map Title: FEMA Flood Maps Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: See the FEMA Flood Map for your area.
	Map Title: Greenways in Connecticut Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: Check out the greenways criss-crossing the state.
	Map Title: Hazardous Waste Sites Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: See where the 63 hazardous waste sites are in the state.
	Map Title: State Parks and Forests in Connecticut Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: Filter the map by parks, forests, parks with guarded swimming areas, and state park trails.
	Map Title: EPA Cleanup Sites Nationwide Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: See all of the EPA cleanup sites across the nation, plus it�s linked to a database with info on all of the sites.

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