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Jane Bakker

Don’t let the rainfall just flow away. Rain gardens stop erosion, refill the ground

March 6, 2023 By Jane Bakker

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

February 4, 2023 By Jane Bakker

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

February 4, 2023 By Jane Bakker

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

January 15, 2023 By Jane Bakker

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

November 12, 2022 By Jane Bakker

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

November 12, 2022 By Jane Bakker

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 […]

Great Barrington Road-Stream Management Plan Available

August 15, 2022 By Jane Bakker

iBerkshires.com GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA), in partnership with the town of Great Barrington, has produced a Road-Stream Crossing Management Plan that identifies the highest priority road-stream crossing replacement projects in Great Barrington. This document is a guide for how road infrastructure projects should be designed to alleviate stream flooding and to ensure […]

Several Berkshires projects win state grants to contend with our changing climate

July 16, 2022 By Jane Bakker

Scott Stafford, The Berkshire Eagle Several projects in the Berkshires to handle heavier rains brought on by the changing climate will advance with new backing from the state. The $4.6 million in overall grant funding for 31 projects statewide, announced this week, includes $367,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay for construction work […]

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