FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By David Deen Vermont, February 01, 2012.  The recent Vermont Yankee court decision said the State of Vermont can’t trump the federal government when it comes to issues of nuclear safety.  But the same ruling affirmed Vermont’s continuing authority for oversight of other Yankee issues, like enforcement of the Clean Water Act. [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chickley River Dredging Halted by State Watershed Council Praises Action Greenfield, MA – December 2, 2011 – The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) today praised the state’s decision to shut down further post-flood work on the Chickley River in Hawley and to order the contractor to repair the environmental damage it caused. [...]

Kenneth L. Kimmell, Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 Mary B. Griffin, Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game 251 Causeway Street #400 Boston MA 02114 Dear Commissioners Kimmell and Griffin, On August 26, 2011, Commissioner Kimmell issued “Emergency Regulations for Clean Up Activities Following Hurricane Irene.” Tropical Storm [...]

Vermont. November 1, 2011. Sometimes nature just flies up and gets your attention. The wasp that flew up that day started sticking small round pieces of mud to the wall and then flew off. After a while it was clear that the wasp was building a nest of mud tubes on the outside wall of [...]

Vermont, October 10th 2011. The Connecticut River – the boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire – is often referred to as a great river, a distinction based on its diverse four state watershed and its key role in the development of New England. It’s the region’s largest river, for sure – its deep, serpentine channel [...]

Vermont. October 1, 2011. The unrelenting precipitation from Irene caused rivers to rise and as flows increased the rivers turned brown, jumped their banks and where they could flowed into their floodplains and unfortunately into homes, businesses, farm fields and forests. They eroded our roads and sweep away bridges. The widespread devastation was stunning and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greenfield, MA September 22nd, 2011 – More than 1,500 volunteers in four states will fan out on Saturday October 1st to clean up trash and flood-strewn debris along the Connecticut River and its tributaries. The Connecticut River Watershed Council’s 15th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup – always held in early fall – [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greenfield, MA September 16, 2011 – Has your community been flooded by Tropical Storm Irene? If so, the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) wants to help you and your friends remove trash from the shorelines during its 15th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup on Saturday October 1st. For the past 14 years, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greenfield, MA September 7, 2011 – As residents of the Connecticut River valley pitch in to help each other recover from Tropical Storm Irene, NRG Energy’s Middletown Station will again sponsor the Connecticut River Watershed Council’s (CRWC) 15th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup on Saturday October 1st. With NRG Energy’s support, CRWC [...]

Vermont, September 1, 2011. Irene was in a bad mood when she deluged her way into the Connecticut River watershed. Based on information sources tracking river flows, the Saxtons River that went two feet above its all-time record flow and the main Connecticut River that witnessed flows rivaling the legendary 1927 flood are just two [...]

Vermont.  August 1, 2011. Loch Ness has her Nessie, Lake Champlain has her Champ, Lake Mephremegog has her Memphre and the Connecticut River, well the sting of it is that she has her monster it just has not been named yet. The Connecticut River does have a monster or monsters, that is, if you can [...]

Greenfield, MA July 21, 2011- Have you walked along a river or stream bank recently and found discarded cans and plastic bottles, fast food containers or other trash spoiling a beautiful natural place?  If so, the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) wants to know.  The conservation group is asking all watershed residents to report trash [...]

Vermont. July 1, 2011. Any evening as we come to dusk and there are insects hatching out of the water, flying in the air over the water and landing ever so briefly on the water, delicately laying eggs, you are likely to find at least two other species sharing the same river reach, flyfishers and [...]

Three bacteria sources removed as a result of ongoing monitoring program Greenfield, MA.  June 30, 2011 – As the summer swimming season heats up, three area organizations are teaming up again for a water quality monitoring program that has both given recreational users of the river a regular snapshot of water quality and has helped [...]

CRWC joins Connecticut League of Conservation Voters in asking you to contact Governor Malloy expressing your opposition to the Haddam Land Swap. Greenfield, MA. June 17, 2011. The “Haddam land swap,” one of this year’s most controversial pieces of legislation, passed in Bill 1196 on the last day of the legislative session, but Governor Malloy’s [...]

Planned dam removal at the Mill Street Dam will shift to a fish ladder and dam repair; Wiley & Russell dam removal design moving forward Greenfield, MA. June 9, 2011 – The Town of Greenfield is announcing a design change for the Green River Ecosystem Restoration Project. The Town of Greenfield owns both the Wiley [...]

Hall Building Renovation Early Catalyst for Greenfield Revitalization Greenfield, MA. – June 6, 2011 – Ten years ago the Town of Greenfield launched a major drive to revitalize its declining downtown and the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) moved its headquarters and staff from a rented property in Easthampton and into 15 Bank Row, a [...]

Vermont. June 1, 2011. When you hear the word exotic you think of faraway places, different cultures, unusual food unless of course you are considering exotic flora or fauna then from an ecological point of view, exotic has a decidedly negative connotation. The way exotics get from one place to another is by a vector, [...]

Greenfield, MA. May 18, 2011. The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) today announced that Andrew Fisk, Ph.D., has been named its new executive director. Fisk, who served as Director of the Land and Water Bureau at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for seven years, assumed the role on Monday. As Maine’s land and water [...]

Vermont.  May 1, 2011. When the raccoon showed up in the mid afternoon and did not seem to object to loud clapping to shoo it away the very first thought was rabid animal. Rabies caused by the virus Rhabdoviridae lyssavirus is one of the oldest and most feared human diseases, rightfully so because rabies is [...]