Vermont, November 1, 2012. Most waterbodies marking a boundary between two states or countries have an imaginary dotted line running down their middle. The Connecticut River does not because as everyone ‘knows’ the river belongs to New Hampshire. However, as with all things human, the real circumstances are more complicated.  The reality about river ownership [...]

Vermont.  October 1, 2012.  Sometimes others perception of one’s occupation belie your spirit. One would not expect your stereotypical accountant to be the adventurous type. However, here in the Connecticut River valley, one adventurous accountant belies the stereotype. In one of her many scuba diving excursions into the Connecticut River she came up with pictures [...]

Last year on August 28th, Irene blew through Vermont and wreaked havoc in the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain watersheds. The amounts of rain varied but many locations had extended downpours that dropped over 7 inches of rain. Rivers responded to that level of precipitation by increased flow and power that destroyed property and infrastructure [...]

Sometimes you are just doing your job when some unexpected wild things happen to you. When you work to protect a river you can look at all the concerns, ideas to address the concerns, paper plans and engineering designs you want to, but if you are going to truly work with a river you have [...]

Numerous travel guides praise the Connecticut River but the acclaim can be a double-edged sword. On one hand the Connecticut River has advocates at local, state, regional and federal levels mindful of resource protection and sustainable development in order to protect this treasure. All of this work has resulted in a cleaner river and a [...]

Fooling Whom? AUGUST 2008 — This is a story about a dragonfly. Dragonflies are members of the order Odonate and suborder Anisoptera. Anisoptera means unequal wings and that is true of the dragonfly with two wings on each side of its body of different lengths. The order name, Odonate, comes from the Greek word meaning [...]

Greenfield, MA. June 11, 2008 The 7th annual Curtis Universal Connecticut River Challenge flat water paddling races will take place at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, June 21st, at the Springfield Yacht and Canoe Club at 1210 River Road in Agawam, MA, just south of the Springfield-Agawam South End Bridge.   The events include the Challenge’s traditional [...]

News…News…News… Press release: for immediate release Watershed Council offers new guide to freshwater mussels free to nature enthusiasts, professionals, towns, resource agencies Greenfield, MA. April 16, 2008. The Connecticut River Watershed Council has just published Freshwater Mussels and the Connecticut River Watershed, by Ethan Nedeau. This exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated guide to mussels found [...]

Elizabeth Farnsworth has paddled all 410 miles of the Connecticut River in a kayak she made herself and co-authored a new guide to help others enjoy the voyage. ‘It’s such a liberating feeling to be out there,’ she said. ‘There’s something about being on the water and feeling the ebbing and flowing, surrounded by birds [...]

News…News…News… Press release: for immediate release Author Bill McKibben, DNC Chairman Howard Dean, endorse new Ct. River guide Greenfield, MA April 1, 2007 The Connecticut River Watershed Council has released The Connecticut River Boating Guide, Source to Sea. This is the Council’s third edition of the Guide, and its first update in over 20 years. [...]