FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 7, 2013 CONTACT:                                                                                                    Andrew Fisk, Executive Director, afisk@ctriver.org, 413-772-2020 ext.208, 413-210-9207 (cell) Andrea Donlon, Massachusetts River Steward, adonlon@ctriver.org, 413-772-2020 ext.205 Greenfield, MA – March 1st marked a major deadline for public comments on five hydroelectric facilities on the Connecticut River seeking renewal of their operating licenses. The [...]

MEDIA RELEASE CONTACT: Anne Capra, PVPC Principal Planner (413) 781-6045 acapra@pvpc.org Andrew Fisk, CRWC Executive Director (413) 772-2020 afisk@ctriver.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2012 The fifth season of the Connecticut River Bacteria Monitoring Program is underway, with volunteers monitoring the  Connecticut River and several tributaries for E. coli bacteria levels at more than 30 [...]

Vermont.  June 01, 2012.  As we begin the outdoor water season the Connecticut River Watershed Council is asking all of us to help protect the Connecticut River from invasions of exotic plants and animals.  Power boaters, canoers, tubers, sail enthusiasts and even river walking flyfishers can spread aquatic plants and animals. So we all need [...]

Vermont.  May, 2012.  Experienced river users often refer to rivers, streams and lakes as being part of a watershed.  We use the word because we are familiar with the notion that all surface water is connected to itself and some larger watery ecosystem. The classic definition of a watershed is: “The land area that drains [...]

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 [...]

Vermont. February 01, 2011. One should never assume what one will catch while using a fly rod. The name of the game is fishing but it is not always fish that end up at the end of the line. While watching the blowing snow that insures there will be no flyfishing any time soon I [...]

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 [...]

Vermont. February 01, 2010. Fly casting from a canoe in the middle of a small pond at the tippity-top of the headwaters of the Connecticut River is usually an all quiet experience. The loud splash caused me to turn just in time to see the osprey struggling up out of the water. I thought at [...]

Vermont. December 1, 2009 The canoe had been a gift so the color did not matter much to me but for the sake of this story it seems important to know that it was red. On this particular day the color of the canoe and one of the realities of the Connecticut River gave me [...]

GREENFIELD, MA, AUGUST 12, 2009. The Connecticut River Watershed Council is seeking volunteers for its 13th Source to Sea Cleanup to be held on Saturday, October 3, 2009. In twelve years, CRWC’s volunteer fall effort has removed hundreds of tons of trash, tires, and derelict appliances from the riverbanks of the 410-mile Connecticut and its [...]

JULY 2009 – In any ongoing discussion about the value of economic development versus the environment the question usually is: This development will bring jobs and so what is the environment worth? Most people never ask that question in their daily lives. They just want to be able to go to their favorite lake or [...]

Connecticut River benefit showcases a beautiful urban resource Agawam, MA June 18, 2009. Despite heavy overnight rains, sunny weather greeted dozens paddlers at the registration tables for the 9th Annual Curtis Universal Connecticut River Challenge flat water races in Agawam on Saturday, June 13th. The field of fifty-one canoeists and kayakers included Philip Cole, aged [...]

Connecticut River Watershed Council concerned about Proposed VT ATV Rule June 16, 2009 — The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC), a nonprofit conservation group, this week submitted comments on the rule proposed to open state lands to ATV use, citing both administrative and environmental concerns. “CRWC has an overarching concern that the fast pace of [...]

May 28, 2009. Join in the fun as a spectator or participant at the 9th Annual Curtis Universal Connecticut River Challenge flat water paddling races taking place at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, June 13th, at the Springfield Yacht and Canoe Club, 1210 River Road in Agawam, MA, just south of the Springfield-Agawam South End Bridge. [...]

The Leaper and the Char: Trout in the CT River Watershed MAY 2009 – Fish have been on the earth for 400 million years and have always looked like fish. Their basic physiology allows them to deal with the physical properties of water. Water is inelastic, dissolves gasses and changes temperature more slowly than air. [...]

MARCH 2009 — Fishing and boating, as favorite activities on the Connecticut River are sometimes one and the same event. People use boats or canoes to get to their favorite fishing area and for good reason. We have many species of fish to angle for. In this article we are going to look at one [...]

News…News…News… PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Music contest winners fill an evening with river song Montague, MA. September 15, 2008. The Great Hall of the Great Falls Discovery Center was filled with music, song, and cheers last Friday night as finalists in the Connecticut River Watershed Council’s Living along the River Songwriting Contest performed before [...]

News…News…News… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Finalists chosen in Living along the River song contest Greenfield, MA. August 15, 2008 “We received entries from artists throughout the Valley and beyond,” says Pat LaMountain, Finance Director for the Connecticut River Watershed Council, who came up with the idea for the Council’s “Living along the River” songwriting contest. The [...]

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 [...]