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Discovering the Housatonic Watershed

A guide for teachers

Housatonic River Restoration, Inc.

P.O. Box 472

Great Barrington, MA 01230

Written by Christina Siry

Cover photo of the Housatonic River by Rachel Fletcher.

Illustrations by Larry Siry

Special thanks to those who patiently reviewed and contributed to this guide: Donna Bell, Nancy Childs, Lynne Nilan, Dennis Regan, and Carolyn Sibner.

Stream Insects and Crustacean information used with permission from Save Our Streams; Izaak Walton League of America.

Housatonic Watershed contour mapping activities developed by Nancy Childs.

Quote from W.E.B. Dubois used with permission from Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick.

Quotes from Luna Leopold and Barry Lopez provided by the River Network: 520 SW 6^th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204.

Quotes from Rachel Carson and Aldo Leopold provided by the National Wild and Scenic River System: www.nps.gov/rivers

Housatonic River Restoration, Inc.

This project is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and

the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.

Although the information in this document has been funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

under assistance agreement NE 981624-01-0 to Housatonic River Restoration, Inc.,

it may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.