For Immediate Release:  Friday May 17, 2013, Pomfret, Vermont – To improve water quality and wildlife habitat, the Connecticut River Watershed Council and project partners planted 2,250 native trees and shrubs at three locations in the Connecticut River watershed this week.  Each tree planted will remove over 570 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere [...]

Pomfret, VT, March 22, 2013 – Residents of New Hampshire, Vermont and beyond can celebrate World Water Day by supporting river restoration projects in the Connecticut River watershed. March 22nd was designated World Water Day by the United Nations in 1993 as a day to highlight water issues around the world. The theme for the [...]

Middletown, CT, Friday, March 22, 2013. – Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) river steward Jacqueline Talbot recently participated in an educational and cultural exchange program entitled “Empowering Women though Social Entrepreneurship,” at the invitation of the University of Connecticut’s Global Training & Development Institute in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Professional Fellows Program. The [...]

Greenfield, MA, March 22, 2013.  – The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CWRC) is proud to highlight a number of local events throughout the Connecticut River watershed celebrating World Water Day. March 22nd was designated World Water Day by the United Nations in 1993 as a day to highlight water issues around the world. The theme [...]

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 [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greenfield, MA, March 6, 2013. – The Vermont Public Service Board admitted the Connecticut River Watershed Council’s (CRWC) four expert reports as part of the on-going Certificate of Public Good relicensing hearings for the Entergy Vermont Yankee nuclear facility. These reports – developed by experts with decades of experience in biology, thermal [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 6, 2013 CONTACT:                                                                         Andrew Fisk, Executive Director, afisk@ctriver.org, 413-772-2020 ext.208 Jacqueline Talbot, Cleanup Coordinator, jtalbot@ctriver.org, 860-704-0057 Putney, VT – The Vermont House of Representatives and Senate recently passed a “concurrent resolution commending watershed organizations for their role in river and lake cleanup activities in Vermont.” Specifically mentioned [...]

Pomfret, Vermont, February 8, 2013.  On this Valentine’s Day residents of New Hampshire, Vermont and beyond can make gift donations in the name of loved ones to any of five river restoration projects in the Connecticut River watershed.  The projects are on the website CleanWaterFuture.org – which links people, businesses and organizations to conservation projects [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greenfield, MA November 15, 2012 – The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached that will restore the Chickley River to more natural and ecologically sound conditions. After Tropical Storm Irene caused massive flooding last fall, five miles of the Chickley River in Hawley, [...]

For Immediate Release Saxton’s River, VT, October 12, 2012 – In a refreshingly frank letter sent October 4, 2012 to the members of the 4-state Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission, Entergy actually admits they have been using a flawed thermal model to justify their thermal discharge to the Connecticut River.  Entergy in its attempt to deflect [...]

Junk Cars, Furniture, Parking Meters, & Loads of Trash Removed from Rivers: Local Rivers & Streams Are Cleaner Thanks to Source to Sea Volunteers Greenfield, MA October 3, 2012 – On Saturday September 29, over two thousand registered volunteers grabbed trash bags and work gloves to pitch in on the Source to Sea Cleanup, organized [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greenfield, MA September 14, 2012 – On Saturday September 29, thousands of volunteers in four states will fan out to clean up trash and debris along the Connecticut River and its tributaries in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The Connecticut River Watershed Council’s 16th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup – always [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: www.ctriver.org Jacqueline Talbot, Cleanup Coordinator and CT River Steward, jtalbot@ctriver.org 860-704-0057 Angela Mrozinski, CRWC Outreach Coordinator, amrozinski@ctriver.org 413-772-2020 ext 204   Greenfield, MA August 14, 2012 – Low river levels due to a hot, dry summer have revealed large amounts of trash and debris in and along rivers. Have you walked [...]

Connecticut River Watershed Council, 15 Bank Row, Greenfield, MA 01301, 413-772-2020 For more information contact:  Tex LaMountain 413-834-2606 (c) or Pat LaMountain  413-772-2020 X 203 Tu and Th August 13, 2012   F O R   I M M E D I A T E    R E L E A S E Greenfield, MA.  August 13, 2012.  [...]

CONTACT: Pat or Tex LaMountain, plamountain@ctriver.org ; pattex@crocker.com 413-772-2020 X203 T and Th; 413-834-2606 any day FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greenfield, MA. July 25, 2012 – The Connecticut River Watershed Council, a conservation group based in Greenfield, MA is moving forward with plans for its Goodnight Irene songwriter concert to be held at Deerfield Academy’s large auditorium [...]

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 [...]

Greenfield, MA June 21, 2012  –  The Connecticut River Watershed Council, a conservation group based in Greenfield, MA, has announced that it is extending the deadline for song submissions to July, 15, 2012  for its Tropical Storm Irene benefit concert. Original songs, inspired by Irene’s flooding,  will be featured in a “Goodnight Irene” concert to be held [...]

CONTACT:   Pat or Tex LaMountain, plamountain@ctriver.org ;  pattex@crocker.com 413-772-2020 X203 T and Th; 413-834-2606 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WATERSHED COUNCIL SEEKS SONGS ABOUT TROPICAL STORM IRENE FLOODING Greenfield, MA. May 14, 2012 – The Connecticut River Watershed Council, a conservation group based in Greenfield, MA, has announced it is soliciting songs inspired by the flooding from [...]

Watershed Council selected by Hadley, MA Whole Foods Market as recipient of 5% Day, Wednesday March 28, 2012 For immediate release – March 27, 2012 WHO: Based in Greenfield, the Connecticut River Watershed Council works to improve water quality and native fisheries in the Connecticut River’s 11,000-square mile watershed in the four states of Massachusetts, [...]

March 13, 2012 Paul Ducheney Superintendent – Hydro Holyoke Gas and Electric Department 99 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA 01040-5082 Re:  Survey for Upstream American Eel Passage at Holyoke Dam, Connecticut River, Massachusetts, 2011, FERC Project No. P-2004, Agency Review Draft Dear Paul, I reviewed the agency review draft Survey for Upstream American Eel Passage at [...]