Connecticut Wildlife Conservation Priority Areas for 2025

7 conservation opportunity areas (COAs) are identified for Connecticut's 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan. The State of Connecticut created this dataset by combining ecological and social data in Zonation spatial prioritization software. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Classify land parcels into one of 7 COA action types (protect, connect, restore, manage, partner, inform, research and monitor) using spatial features. Prioritize habitat restoration projects by analyzing the 'restore' COA spatial boundaries. Identify wildlife corridor locations by mapping the spatial extents of the 'connect' COA. Assess conservation partnership opportunities by overlaying the 'partner' COA with land ownership data.

Strengths

• Data integrates both ecological and social parameters for each conservation area.
• Spatial prioritization was conducted using established Zonation software.

Limitations

• The specific ecological and social data columns used for each COA are not documented.
• Sample size is limited to 7 broad conservation areas for the entire state.

Provenance

Source

State of Connecticut.

Collection Method

Combined ecological and social data analyzed with Zonation spatial prioritization software.

Time Range

2025 (plan year).

Freshness

Data reflects the 2025 action plan and was updated in 2026.

Geography

State of Connecticut, USA.