{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-23-5a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5a","heading":"Natural area preserves. Declaration of policy.","body":"Connecticut is a state of relatively small area, undergoing rapid industrialization and rapid diminution of areas remaining in their natural condition. It is, therefore, declared to be the public policy that carefully selected areas of land and water of outstanding scientific, educational, biological, geological, paleontological or scenic value be preserved. In implementation of this policy, there is established a Connecticut system of natural area preserves.","path":["TITLE 23. PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC SHADE TREES","CHAPTER 447. STATE PARKS AND FORESTS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_447.htm#sec_23-5a","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:07Z","sha256":"c0296a6511d0559d4b6a31eb5ace7eb003b9347841770a19f5147259d078a904","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-23-5","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-23-5b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}