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The Register Citizen TORRINGTON — The Northwest CT Community Foundation has awarded grants to 19 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $147,250 during its third grant cycle of 2021. The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and November. Housatonic Valley Association, $3,250 to support wages for […]

Newtown Road is blocked by overflowing water from Limekiln Brook in Danbury. Remnants of hurricane Ida brought heavy rain and winds greater than expected by some to the Danbury area, leaving some without power and closing and delaying some school districts. Thursday, September 2, 2021. In Danbury, Conn. H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut […]

The Housatonic Valley Association is receiving a grant of $59,085 to restore aquatic ecosystems and boost climate change resiliency in those watersheds. The funds come through a new program under the Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration that aims to expand local and regional planning capacities. This award will support a network […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]