By Brittany Politoi Berkshires Staff PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Environmental Action Team was applauded in council chambers on Tuesday for its various efforts that led to an international award. “BEAT has worked tirelessly to address significant environmental issues that affect the quality of life for Pittsfield residents as well as […]
‘Follow the Forest!’ presentation, Warren Public Library
CT INSIDER Presentation co-sponsored by the Warren Land Trust, Warren Historical Society, and Warren Public Library, 5/30, 5-7 p.m., Warren Public Library, Sackett Hill Road Julia Rogers, Senior Land Protection Manager at the Housatonic Valley Association, will provide a presentation on the Follow the Forest initiative, which seeks to protect and sustain wildlife, their habitat and […]
Registration Open for HVA’s Celebrate Our Watershed Event
TownTimesNews.com CORNWALL BRIDGE — Registration is open for Celebrate Our Watershed with the Housatonic Valley Association, a free event that helps protect waterways and lands across the nearly 2,000 square mile Housatonic River Watershed. From May 26 until July 4, HVA invites people of all ages to Celebrate Our Watershed by registering at www.hvatoday.org. People […]
State Grant Supports Water Quality Monitoring in Central MA
This Week in Worcester by Tom Marino | April 27, 2023 WORCESTER – Governor Healey’s office announced $500,000 state grants on Wednesday, April 26, to five coalitions and four individual non-profit watershed organizations across the state, including the Blackstone River Watershed Coalition, to support monitoring water quality. The grant program is administered by the Massachusetts Department […]
Don’t let the rainfall just flow away. Rain gardens stop erosion, refill the ground
By Robert Miller CTINSIDER In the past, the rain going down the waterspout carried whatever it had picked up along the way — lawn fertilizer, oil-soaked road sand, litter, itsy-bitsy spiders and more. This water then went into lakes and ponds, polluting them. Streams carried the runoff to rivers and on to Long Island Sound. […]
Housatonic River Receives Wild and Scenic Designation
iBerkshires.com NEW MILFORD, Conn. — The Housatonic River Commission announced the federal designation of the Housatonic River as a Wild & Scenic River for the 41 miles of the river from the Massachusetts border to the Boardman Bridge in New Milford. “This federal Wild & Scenic designation of the Housatonic River will help to ensure […]
Washington Finance Board Approves ARPA Funding Plans
Voices, by Linda Zukauskas WASHINGTON — The Board of Finance, meeting Monday, January 23, approved recommendations on how the town should use funds assigned to Washington from the American Rescue Plan Act. The American Rescue Plan Act Fund Committee evaluated several requests and ideas for how to use the federal dollars to recommend $10,000 to […]
Housatonic Valley Association honors environmental champions
ctinsider.com CORNWALL BRIDGE — Housatonic Valley Association staff, board members, supporters, and friends gathered Dec. 15 in a virtual event, for the organization’s 81st annual meeting, Hosted by HVA President Tony Zunino, the organization’s annual meeting and holiday gathering honored watershed heroes whose work will have a lasting, positive impact on the region’s environmental […]
HVA’s annual auction set for Nov. 20
Register Citizen CORNWALL BRIDGE — Guests and online auction bidders will have a chance to bid on getaways across France, a VIP package in the exclusive Loud Club at Rolling Loud, and more at the Housatonic Valley Association’s (HVA) Auction for the Environment, set for Nov. […]
Morris, Conn.: Housatonic Valley Association sets gala auction
Berkshire Eagle By Jeannie Maschino, Community News Editor The Housatonic Valley Association’s gala Auction for the Environment will take place on Sunday, Nov. 20, at South Farms, 21 Higbie Road. Auctioneer Sherry Truhlar will take the stage at 3 p.m. Proceeds benefit HVA’s education, land conservation, and clean water projects to protect the natural character and […]
