Photo credit: iBerkshires By Brittany Polito PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Community partners gathered at the Churchill Brook culvert on Hancock Road on Thursday to highlight flood mitigation efforts assisted by the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program grant. To date, the state program has awarded more than $5 million to the region and the work has been done […]
Housatonic Valley Association receives national and regional honors
Cornwall Bridge, CT – The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) received National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC) Award of Excellence in May and Aquarion Water Company’s Environmental Champion Award in June. HVA was recognized for its track record of conservation accomplishments and goal of achieving climate-ready environmental conditions across the region over the next two decades. To […]
HVA receives award from National Garden Clubs
The Register Citizen Photo credit: Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut CORNWALL — The members of National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC) recently honored The Housatonic Valley Association with the Award of Excellence, the highest award presented by NGC to a non-member. The Award of Excellence honors an individual, organization or institution that has made a significant […]
How to explore 2,000 square miles of Housatonic River watershed this month
Michael Walsh, CT Insider CORNWALL — The Housatonic Valley Association is encouraging the exploration of its 2,000 square miles of the Housatonic River watershed, all with the goal of raising money and awareness. The nonprofit, which was founded in 1941 and in Connecticut is based in Cornwall Bridge, has long worked to protect the river’s […]
Explore anywhere! It’s time to get outside and support the Housatonic River Watershed with Explore-a-thon
Main Street Magazine The Housatonic Valley Association’s (HVA) Explore-a-thon event invites outdoors enthusiasts, families, friends, community members, and anyone who loves nature to participate in its inaugural Explore-a-thon—a month-long, virtual fundraising event that kicked off June 1 and lasts the entire month. Explore-a-thon encourages people to explore any part of the 2,000 square-mile, tri-state Housatonic River Watershed. […]
Aquarion honors 2022 Environmental Champions
The Register Citizen 6/11/22 Photo credit: Aquarion BRIDGEPORT — Water Company on June 4 celebrated the five winners of its 2022 Aquarion Environmental Champion Awards during a ceremony at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. Annually, the Environmental Champion Awards recognize organizations and individuals in the large and small business, non-profit, adult, and student categories. Community members across […]
Housatonic Valley Association launches environmental health event
Register Citizen The Housatonic Valley Association recently opened online registration for an Explore-a-thon event, a unique way to promote awareness and develop support for environmental health in the Housatonic River Watershed by encouraging people to enjoy the outdoors, members said in a statement. Explore-a-thon will be held in June; there is no central gathering location. To participate, […]
Winsted sets town meeting on Crystal Lake conservation easements
THE REGISTER CITIZEN Emily M. Olson WINSTED — A town meeting on May 16 will ask residents to approve selling 25 parcels of property around Crystal Lake, the town’s primary source of drinking water, to the DEEP. Crystal Lake is surrounded by acres of land that protect the watershed; Winsted’s water treatment plant also is […]
Grant Supports Ecological Restoration and Climate Resilience in the Berkshires
iBerkshires.com PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On behalf of the Berkshire Clean, Cold and Connected (BCCC) Restoration Partnership, the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) has entered into a three-year Cooperative Agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) to support healthy aquatic systems and address climate change in Berkshire County. The […]
Baker-Polito Administration Awards $150,000 in Grants to Help Local Watershed Coalitions Monitor Water Quality
News Provided By Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection BOSTON — The Baker-Polito Administration, as part of the Administration’s Earth Week celebration, announced today that $150,000 in Water Quality Monitoring Grant Program funding has been awarded to four coalitions of watershed monitoring groups to aid in the testing of water quality in rivers, lakes and ponds, […]
