March 29, 2012 Testimony of Ron Rhodes, River Steward, Connecticut River Watershed Council before the Vermont House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources. Honorable Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on S. 202 – an act relating to regulation of flood hazard areas, river corridors, and stream alteration. As [...]

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 [...]

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 14, 2012 Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 Re:    COMMENTS Application for a Preliminary Permit, FERC #13273-001 Proposed Canton Hydroelectric Project Farmington River, Hartford County, CT Dear Secretary Bose, This responds to your public notice, dated January 19, 2012, regarding the application for preliminary permit [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

by Andrew Fisk, CRWC Executive Director. The Connecticut River Watershed Council appreciates Vernon Representative Hebert’s engagement with our recent evaluation of Vermont Yankee’s now long-pending application to renew their long-expired thermal discharge permit.  I’m sorry however that he’s rushed into the breach without hearing what our experts said, understanding the law or listening to the [...]

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 [...]

Putney, Vermont.  March 1, 2012.  Even as we delight in watching water dance across the riffles in a river, we fear floodwaters sweeping all before them.  We treasure a summer afternoon at a lake or seashore, splashing, boating, fishing or swimming but our need for clean water goes far beyond fear or pleasure. Despite all [...]