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  Housatonic Valley Association

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


 
HVA's leader honored by EPA

HVA's Executive Director Lynn Werner was honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with a lifetime achievement award on Earth Day in Boston. Board President Robert Houlihan said, "We are very proud of Lynn's accomplishments. With her leadership, HVA has doubled in size and capacity since she started in 1983. We are fortunate to have such a talented and creative person guiding this great organization."           MORE . . .

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

New York

Massachusetts

Connecticut

  JOB OPPORTUNITY                           

Paid environmental internship
available for the summer.
                                                      
MORE INFO . . .          

 
 
GOOD NEWS!
The Upper Housatonic River Area of Critical Environmental Concern nomination has been accepted by the Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
                 MORE ...

SAD NEWS
 Chauncey Loomis, former HVA board member and long-time good friend, passed away March 17, 2009.

MORE . . .

RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS UPDATE:
Three of HVA's project requests made it into the final draft for approval for Natural Resource Damages Funds.

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

HVA'S "FORE THE RIVER" GOLF TOURNAMENT ... Thanks to all the sponsors and golfers who helped make this fundraising event a great success in spite of the economy.                  MORE . . .

GREEN HOME TOUR ... more than 100 tour state's first "Green" home.  MORE ...
Massachusetts HELP Progam ... reaches 2,400+ students.   MORE . . .
YALE FARM Golf Club... Developers withdraw proposal for golf course in Norfolk and Canaan. HVA was recently granted Intervener status in the application that was pending before the Department of Environmental Protection.  MORE . . . 
COLUMBIA MILL DAM REMOVAL ... in Lee, Mass. See Natural Resources Damages Fund proposal.               MORE . . .
NY LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE ... The April 28 conference in Dover Plains was a great success.            MORE . . .
HVA's GIS SERVICES are helping towns in the Housatonic River Watershed. MORE . . .
GOOD NEWS FOR PADDLERS ... The first of five new canoe/kayak river access sites in the Berkshires will be installed this summer in Great Barrington.  MORE . . .
WHITE FLOWER FARM PROTECTS 200 ACRES ... Through The Litchfield Hills Greenprint Project.   MORE . . .
DERBY CLEANUP ... photos and video   MORE . . .

THE HOUSATONIC
WATERSHED

Click here
to enlarge

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

by Edmund K. Swigart
former HVA
board member


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


2008
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.


SPRING CLEANING TIPS
from Earth Share.

 

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Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754
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South Lee, MA 01260
 413-394-9796

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