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 [...]

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 [...]

Dear CRWC Member: Tomorrow the Vermont Senate will take up an historic vote on whether to extend the operating license of Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant beyond 2012, the expiration of its original 40-year license. There’s no better time than right now to remind your Legislator about CRWC’s issues with Vermont Yankee – their pollution [...]