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  Housatonic Valley Association

You keep our rivers healthy, drinking water clean and natural places protected.

The Housatonic Valley Association, founded in 1941, works to conserve the natural character and environmental health of our communities by protecting and restoring the lands and waters of the Housatonic Watershed for this and future generations.
Town officials and developers
Your Low Impact Development Toolkit
IS HERE
 

Group launches Website to
celebrate revitalized
Naugatuck River

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PHOTO BY DIANE FRIEND EDWARDS

IT MATTERS!!
Film & Lecture Series

Systems Thinking and
a Well Lived Life

Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Kent School
Dickinson Auditorium
ADMISSION IS FREE

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Housy River Fest


present

12 Trips to the River

Plein-Air Painting
Saturday, May 26
Rain Date: May 27
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Victor Leger
Bull's Bridge, Kent

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Volunteers Needed for ...
Housatonic River Cleanup
 
Saturday, May 19   10 am
Housatonic Meadows State Park
Cornwall Bridge, Conn.

Join HVA and its partner, the Housatonic Fly Fishermen’s Association

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Fish Thermal Refuge Improvement Projects
in Northwest Connecticut

Saturdays, May 26
and June 16

Come roll rocks with us in the river!
Join us for one or both days!

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Join us in the Berkshires for
Saturday Housatonic River Cleanups
June 9 Wildlife Managment Area, Lenox
June 16 West Branch, Pittsfield
September 23 Housatonic River Walk, Great Barrington
For more info on
meeting places,
times and contacts,
click here.
Attention Elementary and
Middle School Teachers:

HVA staff will lead two days of teacher training
at the 2012 Museum Institute for Teaching
Science Summer Institute in July. 


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Great news!
Sharon land protected!
On Thursday, February 9, Sharon Land Trust and HVA closed on the purchase of a conservation easement on 20 acres of riverfront farm owned by Denny Frost.
                                              MORE ...

A major win for our rivers
and streams!
The Connecticut Legislature's Regulations Review Committee approved stream flow regulations in November.

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Wait there's more!
Northeast Utilities and NStar merger will protect another 723 acres on Skiff Mountain in Sharon and 57 acres in Newtown.

SEE DETAILS ...

Save the Date!
Monday June 11, 2012

HVA's "Fore the River"
Golf Tournament

MORE ...

Derby Day
Saturday, June16
10am to 5pm -- Rain or Shine
On The Historic Derby Green at Elizabeth Street

Call 203-736-1450

Live Music, Food and Entertainment, Games, Arts & Crafts, Pony Rides

Haunted Sterling Opera House Tours!
The Great Housie Duck Race!

Don't Miss The Fun!

 
NEW!
On-Line recreational guide of the lower Housatonic River Valley

CLICK HERE

NEW!
Berkshire
Paddle Guide


call 860-672-6678 or
413-394-9796

for a free guide
Click here for locations
carrying the guide.

To see a slide
show of the
Housatonic River
Adventure Source-
t
o-Sound trip

click here.

Republican-American
reporter
blogs.

Other info on the trip
click
here

See what's happening in the Housatonic watershed in...

New York

Massachusetts

Connecticut

Zebra mussels ...

what you can
do about them

MORE . . .




Check out HVA's Massachusetts flow monitoring data by clicking on this link...
 

RIFLS

Zebra Mussell Presentation
by
Douglas A. Jensen
Aquatic Invasive Species Program Coordinator
University of
Minnesota Sea Grant Program

CLICK HERE


ALERT: Connecticut Legislature debates a range of environmental
bills. Go to
www.ctlcv.org and click on ...
Legislation/Watchlist. Call or email us with your questions and ideas.
HOUSATONIC RIVER GUIDE

the Berkshire Hills to Long Island Sound
by Jenny Hersch



PHOTO BY LO-YI CHAN

MORE . . .

Teachers!
Great curriculum guide for teaching Housatonic watershed education. Check it out!


THE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED

Click here
to enlarge

Explore the special places of the Housatonic River from Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Kent, Connecticut.
                                                    
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View a slideshow
of aerial photos
of the Housatonic River
from the source to the Sound.



Covered Bridge
West Cornwall, Connecticut



CLICK ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
FOR MORE INFORMATION

ANNUAL MEETING
AUCTION
AERIAL PHOTOS OF THE WATERSHED   SLIDE SHOW

CANOE ACCESS SITES

COLUMBIA MILL DAM REMOVAL
CULVERT PROJECT
DOVER KNOLLS DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL BILLS
FLOW MONITORING DATA
GREENPRINT COLLABORATIVE
GIS SERVICES TO TOWNS
GOLF TOURNAMENT
HIKES AND RIVER TRIPS
HOUSATONIC AERIAL PHOTOS
HOUSATONIC RIVER ADVENTURE SLIDES

HOUSATONIC RIVER GUIDE
INTERNSHIPS
LITCHFIELD HILLS REGIONAL PLAN OF CONS. DEV.
OLD MILL TRAIL
MASSACHUSETTS HELP PROGRAM
PADDLE GUIDE FOR THE BERKSHIRES

NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORIES
RIVER GUIDE, PITTSFIELD, MA TO KENT, CT
RIVER GUIDE, NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT
RIVER GUIDE, SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS
RIVER TRIPS AND HIKES
SIKORSY WALK OPENS
STREAM FLOW REGULATIONS
UPPER HOUSATONIC ACEC
WATCHLIST /CT LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
WATERSHED CURRICULUM GUIDE
WORKSHOPS BY HVA
WHITE FLOWER FARM
YALE FARM GOLF CLUB
ZEBRA MUSSELS

Explore the special places of the Housatonic River from New Milford to Stratford and Milford Point.

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A White Man's Journey
to a Northeastern American Indian Faith

by Edmund K. Swigart
former HVA
board member


MORE . . .

 


WATER POLLUTION
is on the rise for the first time in three decades


2011
ANNUAL REPORT
Learn more about HVA's victories and future vision.


HVA PROGRAMS
Check out our programs to protect land and water

ENVIRONMENTAL TIPS
Protect air quality, increase gas mileage, reduce paper waste.


CLIMATE CHANGE
Three things you can do.


SEASONAL TIPS
from Earth Share.

 

Housatonic Valley Association

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P.O. Box 28
Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754
860-672-6678

P.O. Box 251
South Lee, MA 01260
 413-394-9796

P.O. Box 315
Wassaic, NY 12592
845-789-1381