Home

Giving Options
Land Protection
Water Protection
Education
Housatonic Info
PCBS
GIS
In the News  
Job Opportunities
  Internships

Heart of the Housatonic

Financial Info


For Email Marketing
you can trust


 

  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.
Christine Baranski and the auction co-chairs thank all our bidders, donors and sponsors for supporting
HVA's Annual Benefit Auction

Sunday, November 20, 2011

MORE INFO . . .

Housatonic River Zebra Mussel Forum
“Slowing the Threat of Zebra Mussels in the Housatonic Watershed”

February 4, 2012
9:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington, Mass.

MORE ...

 
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
Housy River Fest


present

12 Trips to the River
Safari #3
January 28, 2012
Giovanni Adams
leads a fantasy journey to the
Housatonic River watershed.

                                              MORE . . .


PHOTO BY MICHAEL YURGELES


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
 

Litchfield Hills Greenprint helps Salisbury Land Trust save prime farmland, floodplain forest and riverfront.

MORE . . .
FERC requires canoe access and recreation plan for Glendale
Dam in Massachusetts.


MORE . . .

Students: Paid and credit-based 2012 internships applications available after March 1, 2012.
                           

Zebra mussels ...
what you can do about them

MORE . . .

FOUR NEW CANOE ACCESS
SITES OPEN IN THE BERKSHIRES

in Sheffield, Lenox, Lee and Pittsfield

MORE . . .

 
OLD MILL TRAIL  OPEN
 



Old Dalton Road off Route 8 in Hinsdale. 1.5 miles of riverfront along the East Branch of the Housatonic River.

MORE . . .

HOUSATONIC RIVER GUIDE
from the Berkshire Hills to Long Island Sound


PHOTO BY LO-YI CHAN


by Jenny Hersch

It includes launch sites, maps, photos

MORE . . .

THE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED

Click here
to enlarge

Explore the special places of the Housatonic River from Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Kent, Connecticut.                                                    MORE . . .

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

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

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 GUIDE
INTERNSHIPS
LITCHFIELD HILLS REGIONAL PLAN OF CONS. DEV.
OLD MILL TRAIL
MASSACHUSETTS HELP PROGRAM
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
WATERSHED CURRICULUM GUIDE
WORKSHOPS BY HVA
WHITE FLOWER FARM
YALE FARM GOLF CLUB
ZEBRA MUSSELS
Good news for
fish and wildlife!

HVA and the Berkshire Environmental Action Team are surveying stream crossings along the Housatonic River in the Berkshires.    MORE . . .
Protecting critical habitats with Natural Resource Inventories.
                 
 
MORE . . .
22 land trusts
join Greenprint Collaborative                  MORE . . .
Teachers!
Great curriculum guide for teaching Housatonic watershed education. Check it out!

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

                                              MORE . . .

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

About Us

Volunteer

Donate

Events

Publications

Contact Us

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