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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.  […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]