West Branch Housatonic River

Healthy Housatonic Watershed Vision

The Watershed Vision looks at a variety of important data:

• Highest-quality streams
• Lowest-quality (impaired) streams
• Barrier culverts
• Core forest habitat
• Core forest connectors

Parks

• Mount Greylock State Reservation
• Waconah Falls State Park

Canoe/Kayak Access

• Put-in: Waconah Park Access, 105 Waconah St., PIttsfield. Official access, plenty of off-road parking. Map it!
• Take-out: Dorothy Amos Park, West Street, Pittsfield. Official access, limited roadside parking. Map it!
• Additional reference: HVA Berkshire Paddling Guide (page 26-28)

Water Quality

• Most recent report: 2003. Click here
• 2002 report

Stream Team Reports

• 2014 report

Local Partners

• Berkshire Environmental Action Team
• Berkshire Natural Resources Council