Julia Perkins, NewsTimes The Housatonic Valley Association has received a combined $137,000 in grants that will support efforts to improve water quality in Connecticut and New York. With about $86,600 of the monies, the association will work with Corazón Latino and the Housatonic Habitat for Humanity in Danbury to install rain gardens at five Habitat […]
State asks Winsted for conservation easements for Crystal Lake properties
The Register Citizen A view of Crystal Lake in Winchester. Jerry Dougherty / Contributed By Emily M. Olson WINSTED — Crystal Lake, the town’s primary source for drinking water, is surrounded by acres of land that protects the watershed and the water treatment plant also is located on that property. Now the state Department of […]
Housatonic Valley Association Receives Grants to Improve Long Island Sound
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) has been awarded two grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Long Island Sound Futures Fund (LISFF), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Long Island Sound Study, and the Long Island Sound Funders Collaborative, to improve […]
Housatonic Valley Association Honors Watershed Champions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Friday, December 3, 2021, over 70 staff, board members, friends, and supporters of the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) gathered together via Zoom for HVA’s 80th Annual Meeting. Hosted by longtime board member and president Anthony “Tony” Zunino, the event honored two watershed heroes whose work will have a lasting impact on […]
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will please outdoor recreational enthusiasts
Gene Chague, Berkshire Eagle A stretch of the Housatonic River winds through Lenox Photo by STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE On Nov. 5, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which includes $550 billion in infrastructure funding that addresses conservation and sportfishing. These investments will create jobs, […]
A regional approach to climate resilience
Berkshire Edge The Housatonic Stream Restoration for Regional Flood Resilience Project spans the City of Pittsfield and the Towns of Lenox, Stockbridge, and New Marlborough. A recent grant will allow the communities to complete road-stream crossing assessment for all their bridges and culverts. LENOX — If you see a crew of young Berkshire youth studying […]
Studying the strengths, vulnerabilities of CT’s forests
Robert Miller, NewsTimes When we look at the woods, we think of them as something that’s always been there and always will be. But always is always the opposite — the woods are always changing. Trees die and new ones — not always the same ones — grow back. In the 18th and 19th century, […]
A Land Conservation Success Story
Photo credit: Steep Rock Association HVA recently joined several organizations, local land trusts, community members, and State Representatives Maria Horn and Cindy Harrison for a “Conservation Conversation” held in Washington, Connecticut. Co-hosted by Steep Rock Association (Steep Rock), Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative (Greenprint), Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT), and Connecticut Land Conservation Council (CLCC), the event […]
Letter: River cleanup was great — and it shouldn’t be necessary
Berkshire Eagle To the editor: This past Saturday, I joined a group of determined local folks to remove trash from the west branch of the Housatonic River in Pittsfield. This well-organized effort was spearheaded by two leaders: Jane Winn of the Berkshire Environmental Action Team and Alison Dixon of the Housatonic Valley Association. There […]
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy to hold Highlands roundtable June 28
REGISTER CITIZEN GOSHEN — United States Senator Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, is holding a Highlands Reauthorization Roundtable in Goshen June 28. The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. at 65 Beach Hill Road, at the site of the state’s largest and most recent conservation project to leverage funding from the federal Highlands Conservation Act, according […]
