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 [...]

Greenfield, MA, May 19, 2009. The Connecticut River Watershed Council’s Executive Director Chelsea Gwyther will deliver river protection remarks at the Connecticut River Valley Great Spring Water Event held at the Unitarian Meetinghouse in Bernardston, MA, which begins at 9 am, Saturday, May 30, 2009. And, to cap the all-day celebration of community water [...]

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. Fish [...]

Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Council Members help save Endangered Species Act
We did it! CRWC members signed letters and sent emails asking President Obama to rescind last-minute changes to the Endangered Species Act pushed through by the Bush Administration at the eleventh hour. Those ESA rule changes would have scuttled the science-based consultation policy that’s [...]