Understanding Our Winter Watershed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFFS7TJ8RUU

Winters in the Connecticut River watershed are evolving as our climate continues to change. Join the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) and guest speakers Matt Devine (CT DEEP) and Jamie Shanley (USGS) for this hour-long LiveStream webinar, “Understanding our Winter Watershed.” 

During this LiveStream, we take a deeper look below our winter river’s surface and at our watershed’s holistic dynamics. We learn about the shifts in our river's ecology throughout the colder winter months. We get curious about how a changing climate leads to a changing snowpack and this impact on the watershed. Finally, CRC's Lab and Monitoring Coordinator, Melissa Langley, helps us anchor into CRC water quality and chloride monitoring program efforts.

Whether you’re a paddler, angler, scientist, student, winter lover, or simply curious about the natural world, this LiveStream webinar offers a fresh look at winter as an active and essential season for our rivers that can also tell us a lot about change. 

Resources: 

• USGS Sleepers River Research Watershed 

• USGS Gauges and Water Data (Find more targeted Sleepers River & Connecticut River gauge links at the end of the email) 

• CT DEEP Habitat Conservation Enhancement 

• CT DEEP Fishing 

• CRC Is It Clean? Water Quality Data 

Chloride Monitoring & Road Salt Information: 

• Salt Watch 

• Salt Watch’s Guide to Salting  

• CRC Chloride Monitoring Signup 

• 2026 Vermont Environment Common Agenda 

• New Hampshire’s Green SnowPro Certification 

• Connecticut’s Green SnowPro Certification 

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• SUPPORT CRC’s efforts to monitor, cleanup, advocate, educate, and restore the health of our rivers. 

Recorded on 2/25/2026

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About LiveStream: CRC brings your rivers to you! Join CRC staff and partners for a series of live lunchtime presentations, on select Wednesdays from Noon-1pm. You get to learn more about the rivers you love, ask questions, and interact with a river-loving community all from the comfort and safety of your home (or wherever you may be). LiveStream will be hosted via Zoom. Please register for each presentation to receive meeting information. 

See past, present and future events in our LiveStream playlist on YouTube. Check out CRC's Events Calendar to learn about other upcoming events. 

Please contact Amanda Major, Outreach & Events Coordinator, at amajor [at] ctriver [dot] org at CRC if you have any follow up questions.