State Parks

An effort to improve infrastructure at Connecticut state parks and forests has gotten a $30 million boost. This is in addition to $70 million already allocated by the state from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden, Connecticut was designated as a state park in 1924. WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Trina Mace Learned of the Sleeping Giant Park Association and New Haven Museum.

The move was made as a part of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “Get Offline, Get Outside” campaign, transforming the pool at Jones Beach State Park on Long Island.

Connecticut officials have launched the summer tourism season by encouraging residents and visitors to enjoy the state’s public parks and beaches.

This year marks 100 years since the creation of the New York state park system. Historians and environmentalists agree that President Theodore Roosevelt and urban planner Robert Moses laid the groundwork for the beautiful scenery and vast exploration sites New York is known for today.

Seaside, the site of a former sanitorium in Waterford, Connecticut, can finally be redeveloped nine years after becoming the newest state park.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is directing state agencies to increase shark monitoring at Long Island beaches. There have been at least five shark attacks in the last two weeks on Long Island.

Connecticut park officials say they're re-imposing a temporary ban on alcohol this summer at seven state recreational areas that have had problems with drinking, crowds, unruly behavior and property damage.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation making a $20 million investment in the mental health of students.

Connecticut residents can take a bus for free this summer to state parks and beaches.Governor Ned Lamont said the pilot program ParkConneCT will be…