Greenfield, MA. September 30, 2009. The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC), the principal citizen advocate for protecting New England’s largest river ecosystem, is seeking candidates to be its new River Steward for the lower Connecticut River watershed (within the State of Connecticut). CRWC advocates for the entire, four-state Connecticut River watershed. We work to protect [...]

Press release: for immediate release Greenfield, MA. September 30, 2009. A volunteer army is poised to fan out along the Connecticut River and its tributaries this Saturday for the 13th Annual Connecticut River Source to Sea Cleanup. Hosted by the Connecticut River Watershed Council, the Western New England effort has become a signature fall event [...]

Greenfield, MA. September 22, 2009. Over 2,500 volunteers had signed-on to work the Connecticut River Watershed Council’s 13th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup as of September 21st, and more helpers are flowing in. “People love this opportunity to do something for their local rivers,” says Christine Luis-Schultz, Cleanup Coordinator, “We once again have thousands of [...]

Greenfield, MA. September 09, 2009. The Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center at Vermont Law School on behalf of the Connecticut River Watershed Council is preparing for oral arguments before the Vermont Supreme Court on September 15th in Newfane, VT. This is the final step in our appeal of the temperature increase amendment to the [...]

Greenfield, MA. September 9, 2009. The Connecticut River Watershed Council’s 13th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup takes place along river banks in four New England states on Saturday, October 3. Last year 3,000 volunteers turned out for the Council’s signature fall event—which has grown from scattered groups at a few sites a decade back, to [...]

VERMONT. SEPTEMBER 1, 2009. It was a surprise, walking out of the home office in mid-June to find a black and white fur ball, small enough to fit into a coffee cup staring up from the edge of the back porch. The next day there were two. Each day more appeared until it was clear [...]