Here in the Connecticut River watershed, we rely on clean, healthy rivers for drinking water, recreation, tourism, wildlife, and flood protection. The Clean Water Act has protected these waters for more than 50 years. Now those protections are under threat.  

The Environmental Impact Statement is the last major step in the hydropower relicensing process. Read full comments from CRC and others.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released two separate Draft Environmental Impact Statements (DEIS) for the five hydropower facilities on the Connecticut River that are currently undergoing relicensing.