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TriCorner News published the below editorial about the grant HVA received to develop a watershed management plan for the Ten Mile River. The Millerton News Editorial / Opinion/Viewpoint The health of our waterways is vital to this region, which has the Ten Mile River watershed running through it. Thankfully, last month, the Housatonic Valley Association […]

HVA’s Tim Abbott was a featured speaker in Roxbury’s grant program. Tim descibed the geology of the Roxbury area, the impact the glaciers had on its soils and water, and how these have affected drinking water supplies. From Litchfield County Times: ROXBURY — The Connecticut Community Foundation has given a grant to fund a series […]

Funds will protect local waters and lands, and support HVA education programs Cornwall Consolidated School (CCS) Principal Michael Croft and students presented a check to the Housatonic Valley Association in a lunchtime ceremony today, donating $1,814 on behalf of the school. The donation resulted from the efforts of students and staff who participated in October’s […]

Thanks to YOU, our friends and supporters, HVA’s annual auction (held on December 3, 2017) was another huge success! We’d like to extend a huge shout out to all of the auction donors, supporting businesses, community merchants, shopkeepers, guests and volunteers who made it happen! Check out some photos of the event below! Photos of […]

A team of Danbury-area young environmentalists joined forces with volunteers to complete the landscaping and planting around a new canoe and kayak launch on the Still River in New Milford. The group spent a morning putting finishing touches on a “bioswale” – a natural landscaping feature that prevents polluted stormwater runoff from entering the river. The […]

Volunteers in the upper watershed have been busy this summer with an invasive plant removal project. The effort is made possible through a Massachusetts state funded Wildlife Habitat Management Grant and is underway on the Old Mill Trail (along the East Branch of the Housatonic River in Hinsdale and Dalton Massachusetts). The removal focused on […]

Celebrating the official opening of the Young’s Field Riverfront Trail on June 17, the second phase of the New Milford River Trail, HVA Executive Director Lynn Werner presented NMRTA Director Tom O’Brien with a Housatonic RiverBelt Greenway Award. “I am honored to recognize New Milford River Trail Association for its vision to create a multi-use […]

Artist Jim Schantz has organized an art exhibition for this summer to honor the Housatonic. The exhibit is located in the historic Stockbridge train station building, and runs through September 4, 2017. The River Art Project features five recognized painters who work with the river as their subject matter; Bart Elsbach, Mary Sipp Green, Stephen Hannock, Scott Prior and Jim Schantz. Presentations on […]

“Fore the Rivers” Golf Tourney Supports HVA Environmental Efforts throughout the Housatonic Region SOUTHBURY, CT – June 12, 2017. Even with temperatures soaring into the 90s, nearly 50 golfers enjoyed a day on the links for Housatonic Valley Association’s 18th annual “Fore the Rivers” golf tournament at the Heritage Village Country Club in Southbury, CT. […]