HVA News

ALBANY – The State Department of Environmental Conservation has awarded $216,000 for two projects to help communities prepare for and ...
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The Newtown Bee published some news from years gone by and this was one of the short articles. September 16, ...
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HVA is one of 25 organizations achieving renewed accreditation Saratoga Springs, New York (August 6, 2019) – Summer is the ...
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Berkshire Eagle The Berkshire Environmental Action Team, the Hoosic River Watershed Association and the Housatonic Valley Association have received a ...
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The volunteers will be eliminating invasive plants from the 17 acres of open-space across from the Oxford Town Hall By ...
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Jim Perkins, president of the Housatonic Valley Association Board of Directors in the early 1990s, died April 16 in Kent ...
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By Robert Miller Torrington Register Citizen Zetterstrom and his team of volunteers — the Knotweed Network — have paddled the ...
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Berkshire Eagle, June 18, 2019 An opening reception for The River Art Project 3 will be held from 6 to ...
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Published in the Register Citizen CORNWALL — A new river access site is opening on the Housatonic River. In the ...
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By Robert Miller When, in the late 18th century, the Industrial Revolution knocked, the state of Connecticut swung the door ...
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The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) is seeking applications for our River Steward of Tomorrow Watershed Conservation Internship position, available for ...
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By Josh Landes • May 1, 2019 Tonight in Lenox, Massachusetts, state and federal officials will hold a public meeting ...
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Housatonic Valley Association Location: Stockbridge, Massachusetts Job Type: Full-time Categories: Natural Resources/ Restoration / Project Management / When you apply ...
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Posted Saturday, April 20, 2019 By Clarence Fanto, Eagle correspondent General Electric is ponying up $1.5 million for the fourth ...
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Narain Schroeder, left, and Dennis Regan reveal the new Housatonic River boat launch Thursday on Division Street in Great Barrington ...
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By Gene Chague, The Berkshire Eagle Dennis Regan took the job of Berkshire Manager for the Housatonic Valley Association in ...
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The EPA’s New England office — which serves six states and ten tribal nations — has been run by an acting administrator ...
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It's not just bridges that have fallen into decay because of decades of deferred maintenance, VanDeusen said — it's also ...
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News Times By Robert Miller, Sunday, April 7, 2019 Photos: Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media Who owns the rain? ...
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www.nepr.net Some environmental groups say they're frustrated with the lack of progress on talks over the cleanup of the Housatonic ...
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LENOX — Leaders of local environmental groups are prohibited from saying what's afoot in talks over how industrial toxins will ...
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The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and ...
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In a huge bipartisan victory for the local environment, the U.S. Senate has passed the Natural Resources Management Act, which ...
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HVA has joined with the Town of New Milford and other area conservation organizations to urge Connecticut DEEP to enforce ...
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$49k NYSDEC grant supports “Trees for Tribs” efforts in the Ten Mile River and Green River watersheds The Housatonic Valley ...
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From Robert Miller, Danbury News Times: There’s a 202-acre collection of lands on Coltsfoot Mountain in Cornwall which the town’s ...
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The interactive trail map created by HVA for the Northwest Hills Council of Governments has won a CT American Planning ...
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HVA has replaced a crumbling culvert on Churchill Brook in Pittsfield with a new fish-friendly passage thanks to the support ...
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HVA will develop a “learning zone” at trail site by Webatuck Creek. The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) has been awarded ...
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More than 100 students touch fish, meet bugs and build model watersheds while learning about river history, ecology and preservation ...
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HVA and our Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative recently wrapped up a contract with the Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG) ...
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Mass. Environmental Trust Grant will fund continuing work on the Southwest Branch of the Housatonic HVA is thrilled to announce ...
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The Housatonic Valley Association supports the request from multiple community leaders for rigorous baseline air and water quality monitoring before ...
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Volunteering is a great way to get some exercise, meet new people who share your interests, and of course to ...
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At a celebration event held on July 13 with Sen. Chris Murphy, the Housatonic Valley Association presented the Connecticut Department ...
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Grant will support the construction and upkeep of boat launches at Harrybrooke Park and Erickson Road The Housatonic Valley Association ...
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Why should YOU care about protecting public lands? On November 6th the citizens of Connecticut can vote “YES” on the ...
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America's most important conservation and recreation program will expire in less than a year unless Congress acts. For 52 years, ...
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On Friday, July 27thmore than 50 friends and supporters of the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) gathered at the Stockbridge Train ...
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Come join our Still River Watershed Connections team and hear firsthand how they: Sweated the humid days to remove Knotweed ...
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From the News Times: About 50 yards back from the Still River is a 2,000-square-foot patch of Japanese barberry — ...
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Read coverage of this effort in the News Times! HVA is checking out culverts in Washington and Roxbury to determine ...
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Cornwall Consolidated School students got a new perspective on rivers and the water cycle in an afternoon of activities led ...
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Outdoor Classroom teaches map skills and fly casting, too. In celebration of Earth Day, Sharon Central School students (Grades 1-8) ...
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Looking for a way to get "hands-on" with river protection? HVA Berkshires has lots of upcoming volunteer opportunities and your ...
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The Emerald Ash Borer is an enemy to forests in half of the United States. First appearing in Canada and ...
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One of the world's most invasive plants, Japanese knotweed was introduced to New England from Asia as an ornamental plant ...
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HVA's Dennis Regan was cited in this great summary of the recent EPA rulings: It took the nation's top environmental ...
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TriCorner News published the below editorial about the grant HVA received to develop a watershed management plan for the Ten ...
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HVA's Tim Abbott was a featured speaker in Roxbury's grant program. Tim descibed the geology of the Roxbury area, the ...
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Funds will protect local waters and lands, and support HVA education programs Cornwall Consolidated School (CCS) Principal Michael Croft and ...
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Thanks to YOU, our friends and supporters, HVA's annual auction (held on December 3, 2017) was another huge success! We'd ...
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A team of Danbury-area young environmentalists joined forces with volunteers to complete the landscaping and planting around a new canoe ...
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Volunteers in the upper watershed have been busy this summer with an invasive plant removal project. The effort is made ...
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Celebrating the official opening of the Young’s Field Riverfront Trail on June 17, the second phase of the New Milford ...
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Artist Jim Schantz has organized an art exhibition for this summer to honor the Housatonic. The exhibit is located in the ...
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“Fore the Rivers” Golf Tourney Supports HVA Environmental Efforts throughout the Housatonic Region SOUTHBURY, CT – June 12, 2017. Even ...
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