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 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 [...]

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, [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

April 30, 2012 Arthur S. Johnson Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Division of Watershed Management 627 Main Street, Second Floor Worcester, MA 01608 Subject:           Proposed Massachusetts Year 2012 Integrated List of Waters Dear Mr. Johnson, I am submitting comments on the proposed Massachusetts Year 2012 Integrated List of Waters on behalf of the Connecticut River [...]

April 5, 2012 Secretary Richard K. Sullivan, Jr. EOEA, Attn: MEPA Office William Gage, EOEA No. 11202 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA  02114 Subject:  Environmental Status and Planning Report for EOEA# 11202 – MassDOT Snow and Ice Control Program Dear Secretary Sullivan, I am submitting comments on the Environmental Status and Planning Report [...]

March 28, 2012 Michele Cobban Barden USEPA Region 1 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OEP06-1) Boston MA 02109-3912 Subject:    South Hadley Wastewater Treatment Plant NPDES Permit Permit Number: MA0100455, Public Notice MA-009-12 Dear Ms. Barden, I am submitting comments on the draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the South Hadley Wastewater [...]

March 9, 2012 Marie Levesque Caduto, Watershed Coordinator VT ANR I Dept. of Environmental Conservation 100 Mineral Street, Suite 303 Springfield, VT 05156-3168  CRWC comments on the Final Draft Basin 10 Water Quality Management Plan As the primary citizen watchdog and steward of the Connecticut River from source to sea, the Connecticut River Watershed Council [...]

March 7, 2012 Mayor Daniel T. Drew City Hall 245 deKoven Drive Middletown, CT 06457 Re: Thank you from the Connecticut River Watershed Council Dear Mayor Drew, On behalf of the Connecticut River Watershed Council I want to thank you for your participation in New England Public Radio’s “Root for Your Radio” Campaign, which has [...]

March 2, 2012 George Hicks Bureau of Water Protection and Land Reuse Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Re: CRWC Comments on the Clean Water Fund Draft Priority List Dear Mr. Hicks, Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony. On behalf of the Connecticut River Watershed Council [...]

February 14, 2012 Andrea Langhauser Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection 1 Winter Street Boston MA 02108 Re:      Potential Eligibility Criteria/Design Standards for Small Docks/Piers General Licenses January 25, 2012 draft submitted by CZM and Steve Mague of Durand & Anastas Inc. Dear Ms. Langhauser, The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) is the principal nonprofit [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]