Berkshire Eagle, June 18, 2019 An opening reception for The River Art Project 3 will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 21, at Stockbridge Station Gallery, 2 Depot St. The exhibition features six painters from the Berkshire region who work with the river as subject — Bart Elsbach, Michael Filmus, Ann Getsinger, […]
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Housatonic River access site opening Saturday in Cornwall
Published in the Register Citizen CORNWALL — A new river access site is opening on the Housatonic River. In the works for over a decade, a ribbon-cutting for the site will be held May 25 at 2 p.m. at “The Bend” of the Housatonic River in West Cornwall, just downstream from the covered bridge on […]
Opening up rivers, one dam at a time
By Robert Miller When, in the late 18th century, the Industrial Revolution knocked, the state of Connecticut swung the door open, providing start-up money for textile mills. The vast transformation from farming village to factory towns needed water for power. An industrious people responded by building […]
Berkshire River Steward position available
The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) is seeking applications for our River Steward of Tomorrow Watershed Conservation Internship position, available for summer 2019. Based in HVA’s Stockbridge, Massachusetts’ office, the River Steward will work on a variety of projects related to water resource management and protection. The River Steward position lasts from 8 to 12 […]
Meeting Will Explore Final GE Pollution Settlement Fund Allocations
By Josh Landes • May 1, 2019 Tonight in Lenox, Massachusetts, state and federal officials will hold a public meeting to discuss how to spend General Electric settlement money on the polluted Housatonic River Watershed. Beginning the early 1930s and stretching into the late 1970s, the multinational conglomerate dumped polychlorinated biphenyl or PCBs into […]
Berkshire Watershed Director
Housatonic Valley Association Location: Stockbridge, Massachusetts Job Type: Full-time Categories: Natural Resources/ Restoration / Project Management / When you apply for this position, please say you saw this job on Green Dream Jobs!! Description ~ The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) is a nonprofit regional conservation organization and accredited land trust located serving the entire 1,948 […]
GE pays last installment for natural resources restoration along Housatonic River
Posted Saturday, April 20, 2019 By Clarence Fanto, Eagle correspondent General Electric is ponying up $1.5 million for the fourth and final installment owed to restore natural resources along the Housatonic River Watershed damaged by five decades of PCB contamination. The payment, reported in a joint announcement by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and […]
Division of Ecologial Restoration Releases New Dam Removal Video
New Housatonic River launch in Great Barrington also sends message for river cleanup
Narain Schroeder, left, and Dennis Regan reveal the new Housatonic River boat launch Thursday on Division Street in Great Barrington. A great deal of effort in the project was clearing invasive species from the site. photos by BEN GARVER – THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE By Heather Bellow, The Berkshire Eagle GREAT BARRINGTON — […]
Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: Regan retiring after 20 years with Housatonic Valley Association
By Gene Chague, The Berkshire Eagle Dennis Regan took the job of Berkshire Manager for the Housatonic Valley Association in 1999 because he had a strong interest in the management of water resources and loved to kayak. That was 20 years ago and he didn’t think he would be here that long. Now, on the […]
