The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said today that Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding will be closed to the public next week, August 13-17.

The DEP said the park closing is necessary to accommodate a variety of "special uses" of the park. The DEP grants "special use" permits to numerous organizations to use state parks as a venue for events and activities.

The DEP said the "special use" activities will limit parking and create other impediments to public use of the park during the week.