Latest News & River Stories

Angler surveys are an important way to understand recreational fishing pressures on the Connecticut River by allowing for estimates of catch and harvest rates, fishing effort, and angler preferences for specific fish species.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a relatively new tool that can help provide information to answer these questions and can complement, or in some cases, supplant traditional research techniques.

Pollution threatens fishing in the Connecticut River watershed due to its negative effects on human and ecosystem health.

CRC organized volunteers to find and rescue thousands of juvenile sea lamprey in the canal of the drained Turners Falls Cabot Station.

Research by CRC & partners has for the first time detected DNA from the endangered shortnose sturgeon between Turners Falls & Bellows Falls.

Sea lamprey are native migratory fish to the Connecticut River.

At Connecticut River Conservancy's LiveStream, we dove into the dynamic realm of river ecosystems.

Connecticut River Conservancy, along with colleagues at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, recently held our annual sea lamprey rescue.